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 On everal parts of the hore, there was drift-wood, of a larger ize, than any of the trees, that grow on the iland: alo bamboos and wild ugar canes, with a few mall cocoa nuts at full growth, though not larger than a pigeon's egg. We oberved alo, ome burnt wood, but that might have drifted from the continent, been thrown over-board from a hip, or fired by lightning on the pot.

The deep-water fih, were of every kind, that is uually found, in the tropical Latitudes, except permaceti whale, and of them we aw none, but harks were in great abundance.

The dip of the needle I found here to be at 84°, and the variation of the compas 8° 10′. The thermometer was never higher than 73$½$, and in the morning, evening and night, it was below ummer heat in England. I conider it as one of the mot delightful climates under heaven, although ituated, within a few miles of the Equator. The barometer generally tood at 29-8-4. The evening, night, and morning, were always clouded; and during the nights, there generally fell, as heavy dews, as off the main.