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Some account of New Holland

insert one as it is not unentertaining  a Seaman who had been out on duty on his return declard that he had seen an animal about the size of & much like a one gallon cagg  it was  says he as black as the Devil & had wings  indeed I took it for the Devil or I might easily have catchd it for it crauld
[Margin note] the Devil   a Bat
very slowly through the grass. after taking some pains I found out that the animal he had seen was no other than the Large Bat
[Margin note] Birds
Birds there were Several Species of  sea fowl  Gulls, Shaggs, Soland geese or Gannets of 2 sorts  Bobies, &c. & Pelicans of an enormous size  but these last tho we saw many thousands of them were so shy that we never got one of them  
[Margin note] Cranes
as were the Cranes also of which we saw several very Large & some beautifull species. in the Rivers were ducks who flew in large flocks but were very hard to come at & on the Beach were curlews of several sorts  some very like our English ones  & Many small Beach Birds  the Land Birds were crows  very like if not quite the same as our English ones  Parrots & Paraquets most Beautifull,

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