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To Brasil
Novr.
Jacarini of Linn it seemd however from Linnaeus description as well as Edwards's & Brissons that neither of them had seen the Bird which was in reality a Loxia nitens
The fish Brought on board provd to be Scomber anxia & Falcatus Coryphoena Hipparis Sparus pagrus & Sciaena rubens the second & last not being before describd we calld them by these names
Afternoon the wind came about South & South by East & it soon came on to blow fresh which we were not at all accustomd to so we Boarded it along shore without gaining much
9. This morn wind continued South & South by west but is more moderate but still more sea than we should chuse were we directors of the winds & waves
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