ASCENSION ISLAND. 1752. 8 S 



out as if they demanded a fhare of the vic- 

 tuals with them. 



The goats have increafed pretty well. I 

 faw a flock or two which were very fhy, yet 

 they might be caught by any one on foot, for 

 they do not run very faft. One of them was 

 taken and brought to our fhip. It was of the 

 leaft fort, and very lean. We obferved imme- 

 diately that it was not ufed to water ; for tho' 

 it drank fome, it immediately ran through it, 

 as if the water had been poured through an 

 inclined tube. It was killed, but its fleih was 

 liked but by few. 



Sea birds are numerous here, and, what 

 is remarkable, they were fo bold, that they 

 would let any one come up and take them 

 with his hands. 



The bjrds which appeared at this time 

 were : 



Tropick birds (Phaeton athereus) Grew's 

 Mtf. p. 74. Avis Tropicorum. Willoughby. This 

 bird is of the fize of a duck : the feathers on 

 the under fide of the neck, breaft, and belly, 

 and below the tail, together with fome of the 

 tnofl outward coverts pf the wings, are quite 

 G 3 white: 



