 Right wo and <unk> brother , we were ordered by ye said <unk> to go to an island called Mauritius , lying in <unk> of south <unk> . , where we arrived ye 28th of May ; this island having many <unk> , hogs and <unk> upon it , and very strange <unk> , called by ye <unk> Dodo , which for the rareness of the same , the like being not in ye world but here , I have sent you one by Mr. Perce , who did arrive with the ship William at this island ye 10th of June . [ In the margin of the letter ] Of Mr. Perce you shall receive a <unk> of ginger for my sister , some <unk> for my cousins your daughters , and a bird called a Dodo , if it live . 
