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598 June 1771. Passage Homeward
last time Ascii. Showers & squalls of Wind saw more Gulph weed
4. Gulph-Weed rather increasd
5. Less Gulph weed than yesterday so least we should leave its station we began to Catch it by means of a pole with 6 large hooks fastned to its end out of it we took Scyllæa pelagica, Medusa Porpita Syngnathus pelagicus & Lophius pelagicus & Cancer minutus
6. More Gulf-weed in which took up several individuals of the aformentiond species besides which were caught Cancer pelagicus & a shrimp not describd Several tropick birds were seen all of which flew in a strait line towards the Coast of Africa
7. Still more Gulph-weed in general laying in long lines upon the water of a very small breadth but extending in lengh as far as the eye could reach More Tropick birds were seen most of which flew as yesterday
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