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night. We caught mod of ours in the Crofs- 

 bay, becaufe it was nearer to our fliip than the 

 Englijh bay : though in the latter more tor- 

 toifes come on more than in the former ; but 

 it would be too difficult, if not impofTible, to 

 bring them over by land from one bay to an- 

 other ; and for this reafon the boats ought to 

 land where the tortoifes are to be had. 



The 8th of April 



Clear weather. Little wind. 



After we had got all our men onboard 

 again, and 41 tortoifes on the deck, we 

 weighed anchor. With the cable we pulled 

 up a piece of coral, on which a red fhell 

 (Peclcn Adfcenfionis) was growing, which on 

 its valves reprefented many branches. We 

 took it with us, and at prefent it is preferved 

 in one of the greateft cabinets of natural cu- 

 riofities in Sweden. In the forenoon we fet 

 fail towards Fayal, in company with the Gothic 

 Lion, 



The 



