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Some account of New Holland

where we had an opportunity of haling the Seine we generaly caught from 50 to 200 lb of fish in a tide  there sorts were various  none I think but Mullets known in Europe  in general however they were sufficiently palatable & some very delicate food  the Sting rays indeed which were caught on the Southern part of the coast were very coarse  but there little else was caught so we were obligd to comfort ourselves with the thought the comforts of Plenty & enjoy more pleasure in Satiety than in eating.  to the Northward again when we came to be entangled within the great Reef (within which we saild to our knowledge Ø Leages & we knew not how many more entangled perplexd every moment with shoals) was a plenty of Turtle hardly to be credited  every shoal swarmd with them  the weather indeed was generaly so boisterous that our boats could not row after them so fast as they could swim  so that we got but few  but they were excellent & so large that a single Turtle always servd the ship  had we been there either at the time of Laying or the more

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