Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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        the greater the capability of enlarge-
        ment, and that enlargement can
        only take place from reading, and
        reflection, and a close habit of
5      observation, and a profiting by that
        observation. Now Eliza, Beloved,
        am I writing in vain? The ranting
        of a mere notation of the occur-
        rences of a sea voyage could be
10    ended after the first week. T'would
        only be repetition after that, so
        love, I will intersperse it with
        a few thoughts wh[ic]h I hope will
        prove profitable.
 
15    Thursday 28th Saw an ugly fish
        called a Devil Fish61 swimming
        about. There are constantly
        a couple of Mother Carey's
        Chickens62 flying in the wake of
20    the ship. They are seemingly very
        pretty birds, but the Captain
        says they are “ugly brutes when
        close to you, the very devil's in their
   
   
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