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South Sea

hereafter of landing where ever we please without running the risk of being obligd to commit the cruelties which the Spaniards & most others who have been in these seas have often brought themselves under the dreadfull nescessity of being guilty of for guilty I must call it.

7. This morn at day break Land in sight again by 8 O'Clock came up with an Island made up like the last of narrow slips of land & reefs of rocks the greatest part of the land lookd green & pleasant but it was without Cocoa nut trees or any sign of inhabitants

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Bird Island

I purposely omit to mention the size of these Islands as it is almost impossible to guess at & very dificult to give an idea of the contents of land narrow strips of land which run one within another like as a ribband thrown carelessly down would do if you measure the lengh of it it 4 or 5 times exceeds the space of sea that it occupies if the circumference such land of 100 Leagues in circumference would scarce contain 100 square miles if the Space of sea that they occupy you err as much for of that 20, 40 nay sometimes 100 parts are sea for
 

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