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A new voyage round the world (1697)
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The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil.
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I commonly went ashore every day, either upon business, or to recreate myself in the fields, which were very pleasant, and the more for a shower of rain now and then, that ushers in the wet season.
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Born:
September 5, 1651
Died:
1715
(aged 63)
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