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Towards new South Wales.

very large Doris complanataBeroe biloba   saw a large shoal of Esox Scombroides leaping out of the water in a very extrordinary manner  pursued by a large fish which I saw but could not strike tho I did two of the former  in the Evening saw several fish much Resembling Bonitos

The weather we have had for these Nine days past & the things we have seen upon the Sea are so Extrordinary that I cannot help recapitulating a little  the Weather in the first place which till the fifth was cool or rather cold became at once troublesomely hot bringing with it a mouldy dampness such as we have experiencd between the tropicks  the Thermometer at this time although it shewd a considerable difference in the degree of heat did was not near so sensible of it as our bodies which I beleive is generaly the case when a damp air accompanies warmth  during the continuance of this weather the inhabitants of the seas between the tropicks appeard  the Tropick bird, flying fish & Medusa Porpita are animals very seldom seen without out of the influence of trade winds  several others also are such as I have never before seen in so high a latitude & never before in such perfection
 

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