CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 1752. 73 



The iothof March, 33 . 13'. S. L. 



A species of fea-weed fwam by our fhip 

 feveral times this afternoon, and was called 

 Trumpet-weed by our failors a . It was above 

 a yard and a half long, as thick as an Indian 

 cane, and commonly fome (talks were joined 

 together: it formed as it were fly- flaps at the 

 tops. My company on the fhip thought it 

 came from the iflands weft of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. When the failors fee Trumpet-weed on 

 their voyage, they are pretty certain that the 

 Cape is not above ten Szvedi/b miles off. 



The 17th of March, 2 8°. 34'. S. L. 



Clear and calm weather. 



Besanties fwam on the water, and feem- 

 ed to have a little bow-fliaped expanded fail 

 on their backs. Thefe little animals change 



» Fucus (Maximus) caule tereti, fiftulofo, fimplici, fla- 

 bello quafi terminate. An Fucus pavonicus ? confer Trom- 

 bas. G. M. A. V. V. L. Defcriptio itin. navalis in lnd. 

 p. $1. fig. mala. The leaves ftand at the top in bunches 

 in two rows [dijlkha), and decreafe in fize by little and lit- 

 tle. The italk had no leaves. 



their 



