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Dampier, William, 1652-1715

"A Voyage to New Holland"


Of their cattle, horses, etc.
Leopards and tigers.
Of their serpents; the rattlesnake, small green snake.
Amphisbaena, small black and small grey snake; the great land-, and the
great watersnake; and of the water-dog.
Of their sea-fish and turtle; and of St. Paul's Town.
CHAPTER 3.
The Author's stay and business at Bahia: of the winds, and seasons of the
year there.
His departure for New Holland.
Cape Salvador.
The winds on the Brazilian coast; and Abrolho Shoal; fish and birds: the
shearwater bird, and cooking of sharks.
Excessive number of birds about a dead whale; of the pintado bird, and
the petrel, etc.
Of a bird that shows the Cape of Good Hope to be near: of the
sea-reckonings, and variations: and a table of all the variations
observed in this voyage.
Occurrences near the Cape; and the Author's passing by it.
Of the westerly winds beyond it: a storm, and its presages.
The Author's course to New Holland; and signs of approaching it.
Another Abrolho Shoal and storm, and the Author's arrival on part of New
Holland.
That part described, and Shark's Bay, where he first anchors.


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