St. JOANNA. 1750. i6 5 



fttgueze, and Petrel or Foul-weather-bird in 

 EfigUJh ; it feemed larger than that which I 

 fawin 1748 in the German Ocean {Fro cellar ia 

 <zauinQcTialis). 



Below the Cape of Good Hope the waves 

 frequently dafhed over our deck, as is com- 

 mon in thefe parts. Onee they threw fome- 

 what mining in the dark upon the deck ; I 

 ran to it, and caught up this feem'mg curiofity ; 

 but upon a clofer examination, found it was 

 ©nly a little crab. 



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