2-4 • OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



tongue is triangular : the body and the itiiftgs 

 below are ferrugineous : the bend and the neck 

 are darker at the top : the back is marked near 

 the wings with reddifti yellow fpots* but a 

 little farther on it is red, verging towards 

 black, where likewife two black lines run over 

 the edges of the feathers: they have twenty- 

 two quill-feathers whofe coverts change from 

 greep to gold ; and eleven feathers in the tail. 



The 27 th of November. 



To-day the Danijh fliip failed for Europe, 

 The Danes haften their departure, but lofe 

 more time in the refreshments they take on 

 their voyage. On their going to the Indies 

 they choofe an agreeable port which ourfhips 

 pafs by ; for they Hop at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, where they can purchafe the fin eft wines 

 at low prices, befides the pleafure of viliting a 

 people who adorn their bodies with what would 

 turn our ftoraachs but to hear of : I mean the 

 Hottentot girls, who twill raw guts about their 

 legs to fhew that they are beauties ; and have 

 vnany other flrange cuiioms > as travellers relate. 



For want of ether diverfion, I defcribed th* 

 following filhes, which were caught here : 



Clupea 



