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In search of the southern continent

live stock consists of 17 Sheep   4 or 5 fowls   as many S. Sea hogs   4 or 5 Muscovy ducks   an English boar & sow with a litter of piggs   in the use of these we are rather sparing as the time of our Getting a supply is rather precarious   Salt Stock we have nothing worth mentioning except a kind of Salt Beef which was put up by one Mellish  a butcher at New Crane Stairs  which is by much the best Salt meat I have ever tasted & Our Salted Cabbage see p.210 which is now as good as it was then

Our Malt liquers have answerd extreemly well   we have now both small beerPorter upon tap as good as I ever drank them  especialy the latter which was bought of Sam. & Jns. Curtiss at  Wapping New Stairs   the Small beer had some art usd to make it Steep, it was bought of Bruff & Taylor in hog lane near St Giles's   our wine I cannot say much for tho I beleive it to be good in its nature  we have not a glass fine these many months  I beleive cheifly owing to the Carelessness or ignorance of the Steward

24. Weather very moderate  some birds seen, in the morning a flock   a peice of sea weed & a peice of wood or something that lookd like it & was coverd with Barnacles were seen from the ship

[Margin note] peice of Wood.

 

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