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April 1770   to New S Wales

extends sometimes to the lengh of 4 feet   both these & the others are in this species of a lovely ultramarine blew  but in the more common one which is many times larger than this being near as large as a Goose egg  they are of a fine red  with these latter however he does his mischeif  stinging or burning as it is calld if touchd by any substance  they immediately exsert millions of exceeding fine white threads about a line in lengh which peirce the skin & adhere to it giving very acute pain  when the animal exserts them out of any of the little knobbs or beads which are not in contact with any some substance into which they can peirce they appear very visibly to the naked eye like small fibres of snow white cotton

13. Calm & fine as Yesterday with the sun as powerfull as ever  Last night a great dew fell with which in the morn all the rigging &c was wet  myself shooting as usual but saw no new birds except a Gannet which came not near me  of those shot several  for these 4 or 5 days past killd a good many  indeed during this whole time they have been tame & appeard unknowing & unsupicious of men  the generality of them flying to the boat as soon as ever they saw it which is generaly the case when at large distances from the land  took up Dagysa vitreaGemma  Medusa radiata, &  Porpita  Helix Janthina

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