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To Brazil

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ship, & the fisgig was soon thrown into one of them but would not hold.

29. This morn calm; employd in drawing & describing the bird taken yesterday, calld it Motacilla avida, while the drawing was in hand it became very familiar, so much so that we had a brace made for it in hope to keep it alive, as flies were in amazing abundance onboard the ship we had no fear of plentiful supply of provision.

About noon a young shark was seen from the Cabbin windows following the ship, who immediately took a bait & was caught on board; he provd to be the Squalus Charcharias of Linn. & assisted us in clearing up much confusion which almost all authors had made about that species; with him came on board 4 sucking fish,
 

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