long, yellowish next the head, with a black point. The upper mandible was hooked, the
lower had a bluish spot in the middle between the yellow and black part, the bud was
covered with thin and short feathers, the hinder part was veiy fat and fleshy, the legs were
thick, covered to the knee with black feathers, the feet yellowish, the toes three before and
one behind. He further states, that stones were found in the gizzards of these birds, and
that he saw two of these stones in Holland, one of which, about an inch in length, he has
figured. His original words are as follows :—
" C a p . I V . Gallhiaceus Gallusperegrinus. Ex octo navibus illis quae anno 1 5 9 8 , Aprili mense,
ex Hollandià solvebant, &c., quinqué . . . . montosain quandani insulam in conspectu habuerunt, ad
(piam lactabundi cursuin converterunt Duin in insula haïrent, varii generis aves observabant ;
atque inter illas valdè peregrinara, cujus iconein rudi arte delineatam in Diario totam illius navigalionis
historiara continente, quod reduces cudi curabant, conspiciebam, ad cujus normam est expressa quam
hoc capiti propono.
. " Ma porro avis peregrina Cygnum quidem magnitudiiie a:quabat aut superabat, sed ejus forma
longé diversa: ejus etenim caput magnum, tectum veluti quâdam membrana cucullum referente;
rostrum praeterea non planum, sed crassum ct oblongum, subflavi colons parte capita próxima, cujus
extimus muero niger, superior quidem ejus pars sive prona adunca ct curva, in iuferiore vero sive
supina subcoerulea macula mediara partem inter ilavara et nigram occupabat. Baris ct brevibus pennis
tectam esse aiebant, et alis carcrc, sed carum loco quaternas aut (rainas dumtaxat longiusculas nigras
pennas habere: posteriorem autem corporis partem pnepinguem et valdc crassam, in qua pro cauda
qnateraoe aut quina; crispoe convolutoeque pennula; cineracei coloris : crura iUi potiùs crassa esse quàm
longa, (piorum superna pars genu tenus nigris pennulis lecta, inferior cum pedibus subflavi coloris;
pedes verb in quatuor digitos fuisse divisos, teñios longiorcs antrorsùm spectantes, quartum breviorem
retrorsum conversum, omnesque nigris unguibus praeditos Nautae lraic avi nomen indebant
suo idiomatc Walgh-vogel, hoc est, nauseam movens avis, partira quod post diutuniam clixationem,
ejus caro non fieret tenerior, sed dura permanerct et diflicilis coiicoctionis, (excepto ejus pectore ct
ventrículo, qua; non contemnendi saporis esse comperiebant,) partira (mod multos turtures nancisci
poterant, quos delicatiores e t ori magis gratos reperiebant : nihil igitur niiriim si pra- illis banc avem contemnerent,
et eâ se facile carere posse diccrcnt. In ejus porro ventrículo quosdam lapillos inventos
aicbant, quorum binos hue perlatos conspiciebam apud ornatissimum virum Christiaiium Porretuin,
cosque diversa; forma;, unum plenum et orbicularem, alterum iiuequalem et angulosum, ilium uncialis
magiiitudinis, quem juxta pedes avis exprimendum curabam, hunc majorem et graviorem, utrnmqne
cineracei coloris; cos ab ave in maris httore lectos, deinde devoratos fuisse verisimile est, non in ejus
ventriculo natos."—Exotica, p. 9 9 .
2. In 1601 two fleets of Hutch ships, one commanded by Wolphart Ilarmansen, or
Harmansz, and the other by Jacob Van Heemskerk, sailed for the East Indies, but soon
separated. Ilarmansen's ships touched at Mauritius in their way, but in the published
accounts of his voyage no mention of Dodos occurs. His companion Heemskerk, however,
remained nearly three months in Mauritius, on his homeward voyage in 1602, and in a journal
kept by Reyer Cornelisz, and printed in the ' Begin ende voortgang van de Vereenighde
Nedcrlantsche Geoctroycerde Oostindische Compagnie' (oblong 4to, 1646, s. 1.) vol. i.-, at
p. 30 of Van dcr Hagen's Voyage, we read of " Wallichvogels " or Dodos, among a variety
of other game:—
" O p bet lant onthouden haer Scliiltpadden, Wallichvogch, Flamencos, Gansen, Eendt-vogels,
Velt-hocnders, soo groot as kleyne Indiaensche Eavens, Duyven, daer onder sommighe met roo stecrten,
(van dc welcke menig man sieck geweest is,) grauwe ende grocne Papegayen, met lange steerten, vraer
van (latter sommighe ghevangen wcrden."
3. One of the Captains who sailed in the fleet of 1 Ieemskerk and Harmansz, named Willem
van West-Zanen, has left a journal, which apparently was not published until 1648, when it
was edited and enlarged by II. Soeteboom.1 In 1602 Willem sailed from Batavia with five
richly laden ships, commanded by Admiral Schuurmaus, and stayed a considerable time at
.Mauritius.2 He makes repeated mention of Dod-aarsen, or Dodos, and though his account seems
to have been somewhat amplified by his editor Soeteboom, yet it contains some original and
important particulars. The sailors appear, on this occasion, to have revelled in Dodos, without
suffering from surfeit, like Van Neck's crew. If the statements are correct that three or four,
and in one instance two, of these buds furnished an ample meal for Willem's men, the bulk
of the Dodo must have been prodigious, and might well have equalled fifty pounds weight, as
asserted by Sir T. Herbert. As this tract is very rare, I will extract, in full, the passages which
mention these birds, and annex a literal translation.
1 This tract is entitled ' Derde voomaemste Zce-getogt (dcr verbondene vryc Nederlanderen) na de Oost-Indien,
gedaan met de Achinsche en Moluksche Vloten, onder de Ammiralen Jacob Heemskerk en Wolfert Harmansz,
In den Jare 1601, 1602,1603. Getrockcn Uyt de naarstige aantcckeningen van Willem van West-Zanen, Schipper
op dc l$ruin-Yis, en met eenigc uoodigc byvoegselcn vcrmeerdcrt, door II. Soete-Booni. 4to. Amsterdam, 1648.'
(Brit. Mus. »1S f. 15.)
2 After leaving Mauritius, Schunrmans returned to Holland in company with Ilarmansen and Gamier, Hecmskerk's
Vice-Admiral, in the spring of 1603. So that Clusius is mistaken in saying (Exotica, p. 101,) that this
expedition was commanded by Van Neck, as the latter did not return from his second voyage until some ycare