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fhoot a wild hen ; and all the fhooting parties agreed that 1780. 
they heard the crowing of the cocks on every fide, which 
they defcribed to be like that of our common cock, but 
fhriller; that they faw feveral of them on the wing, hut 
that they were exceedingly fhy. The hen that was fhot was 
of a fpeckled colour, and of the fame fhape, though not 
quite fo large, as a full-grown pullet of this country. Mon- 
fieur Sonnerat has entered into a long differtation, to prove 
that he was the firft perfon who determined the country to 
which this moft beautiful and ufeful bird belongs, and de¬ 
nies that Dampier met with it here. 
The land in the neighbourhood of the harbour is a 
continued high hill, richly adorned with a variety of fine 
tall trees, from the fummit to the water’s edge. Among 
others, we obferved what Dampier calls the tar-tree *; 
but obferved none that were tapped, in the manner he de- 
fcribes. 
The inhabitants, who are fugitives from Cambodia and 
Cochin China, are not numerous. They are of a fhort na¬ 
ture, and very fwarthy, and of a weak and unhealthy 
afpe£t; but, as far as we could judge, of a gentle difpofi- 
tion. 
We remained here till the 28th of January; and, at tak¬ 
ing leave of the Mandarin , Captain Gore, at his own re- 
quell, gave him a letter of recommendation to the Com¬ 
manders of any other fhips that might put in here; to 
which he added a handfome prefent. He likewife gave 
him a letter for the Bifhop of Adran, together with a tele- 
fcope, which he begged might be prefented to him as a 
compliment for the fervices he had received, through his 
means, at Condore. 
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