[ [47] ] Some have grown so large as to weigh 5 or 6 pounds.
[ [48] ] About 50 of this number live at Dampier's Spring.
[ [49] ] They have boats belonging to the Establishment, which are on these days provided with hooks and lines, and sent off those parts of the island where there is known to be good fishing ground.
[ [50] ] This was a very pleasant, light, sweet wine, made at Tours, and which the captain procured at Nantes.
[ [51] ] It is worthy of remark, that, notwithstanding the immense number of sharks in the harbour, the inhabitants are not deterred from bathing; these animals being so abundantly supplied with food from the offal of a large and populous city, as to be divested of their natural ferocity:—accidents caused by them, are absolutely unknown here, although they are frequently seen swimming near, and even among the persons bathing in the harbour.
[ [52] ] This is a shop, or store, by the road-side, where aqua-dent (spirits made in the country, and generally strongly flavoured with aniseed) and sometimes wine can be procured, with provisions, and a few other common necessaries.