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William Dampier - 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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William Dampier

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Born: September 5, 1651
Died: 1715 (aged 63)
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