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 lna fish, of which sharks, and mail whales, called by J- the whalers fin-backs, were the most conspicuous. The smaller kinds consisted ofbonetas,barracoutas, porpoises, and flying fish. A voracious dolphin was harpooned, in the maw of which was a bar- racouta in a half-digested state, and in the throat a flying fish, bitten in half, waiting its turn to be swallowed; for its tall had not disappeared out of the dolphin's mouth. �-. For a few days we had light-south westerly wind s, but they soon gave plae to the S.E. trade, which carried us quickly to the S.W. The situa- tion assigned by the Dutch sloop to the Tryal 110cks was passed, without our noticing any indi- cation of their existence. 0. On the 30th we crossed the Tropic of Capri- corn, between the 106th and 107th degree of east longitude; the S.E. trade then died away, and was succeeded by light baffling winds, between Jy L S.W. and South, and from (ho_t to East, attended with very cloudy damp weather, and frequent squalls of heavy rain.. This unwholesome state of the air increased the number of our sick, for soon after leaving Timor the crew were at- tacked by dysentery, brought on by change of diet; and at one time the discase wore a very alarming appearance. r. ' Hayin8 reached with diffaculty the latitude of

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