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FRIGATE. 
Frigates are esteemed by the inhabitants of the 
South-Sea islands for the sake of their long neck 
feathers, and their fat ; the former they work into 
bonnets, and the latter is highly valued as a so- 
vereign remedy in rheumatic complaints. The 
Buccaneers are said to extract this oil, which they 
call the oil of frigates , by boiling these birds in 
great cauldrons ; and Labat directs us how to use 
the remedy, and at the same time assures us that 
many people have received a complete cure, or, at 
least, great relief by the use of it. 
