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of Cape Maria van Diemen

Last setting upon the water & as it is commonly said by seamen that they cannot in a calm rise upon the wing I tryd the experiment  there were two of them  one I shot dead, the other who was near him swam off near as fast as my small boat could row  we gave chase & came up a little  he attempted to fly by taking the moment of a waves falling but did not succeed  I who was so far off that I knew I could not hurt him fird at him to make his attempts more vigourous  which had the effect for the third effort he got upon the wing  tho I beleive had it not been for a little swell upon the water he could not have done it

7. Calm again  Myself shooting Killd Procellaria longipes & melanopus & saw a turtle Just before sunset who being awake divd immediately  What wind there was was fair tho scarce a breath of it  yet even that made us hope for better times

8. Our fair wind continued but still so little of it that was there any plenty
 

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