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Island Head

found at our last going ashore we found in the fruit of it a Cynips  very like if not exactly the same species with the Cynips sycomori Linn. describd by Haselquist in his Iter Palestinum a strong proof of the fact that figgs must be impregnated by the [indecipherable] means of insects, tho indeed that fact wanted not any additional proofs.

27. The boats who sounded yesterday having brought back word that there was no passage ahead of the Ship we were obligd to return  which we did & soon fell in with the main land again which was barren to appearance, on it were some smoaks. We passd by many Islands. in the Eve the breeze was stronger than usual with Cloudy weather

28. This morn at day break the water appeard much discolourd as if we had Passd by some place where a river ran into the sea; the land itself was high & abounded with hills. Soon after we came round a point into a bay in which were a multitude of Islands  we stood into the middle of them  a boat was sent a head to sound which & made a signal

 

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