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Petumbo (fruit) described. Physick-nuts. Pineon (fruit). Pintado-bird described. Plants, an account of them. Plants engraven on copper, Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Plants of New Holland. Porpoises. Portuguese civil to the author. Rabek, a fowl. Raccoon of New Holland. Remora (fish) Plate 11 Figure 6. Rosemary Island in New Holland, the plant resembling rosemary from which the author gives this name to the island, is figured. Salt, a large account of the method of making it at Mayo. Salt-ponds at Mayo, kern only in the dry season, others in the West Indies in the wet only. Santa Cruz in Tenerife, its road, town and harbour described. Seamen: in great danger of sickness, by neglecting to shift their wet clothes in hot countries. their ignorance and obstinacy, a great impediment in long voyages. Seaweeds, see weeds. Shark of New Holland described. Shark's Bay in New Holland described. Shearwater (bird) described. Ship (the author's) foundered at sea. Ship of 50 guns built at Brazil. Skipjack (fish) described. Snake, see Watersnake, and Amphisbaena. Soursop (fruit) described. Sugar, the way of refining it in Brazil with clay. Tasman's chart rectified. Tenerife: its wines and fruits and animals. its north-west view. Timber at Brazil as good and more durable than any in Europe. Timor. Trees of New Holland. Turtle: lay their eggs in the wet season. why not eaten by the Spaniards as by the English. Turtledoves of Brazil. Variation: where it is increased in sailing easterly. where decreased in sailing easterly. its uncertainty, and the difficulty of taking it. a large table of variations observed in this voyage. Water-dog of Brazil. Watersnake: of Brazil, its wonderful manner of catching its prey. of New Holland. Weeds floating in the sea. Whales (dead) eaten by fowls. Whales, the catching and use of them in Brazil. Whales of New Holland. Winds uncertain near the Line. Yemma (bird) described. End of Project Gutenberg's A Voyage to New Holland, by William Dampier *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND *** ***** This file should be named 15675.txt or 15675.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/5/6/7/15675/ Produced by Sue Asscher. HTML by Col Choat. Produced from page images provided by canadiana.org (http:
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