c y2 OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



The i ft of April, 15 20' N.L. 



We now faw a fea-turtle fleeping on the 

 furface of the water, but it was wakened by 

 the palling of the {hip : we likewife faw a 

 kind of birds which our fhip's-crew called 



boobies c » 



The 3d of April, io° 22' N. L. 



Our paflenger told me, that the Sepia loligt 

 Linn, a fpecies of cuttle-fifh, or ink-fifli, was 

 eaten by the Spaniards, and that they called 

 it Cangrejo. They have their enemies in com- 

 mon with the flying-fifh. As foon as the 

 Sepia wants to fly, it expands its arms (jenta- 

 culd) like a brum, and alfo its rhomboidal 

 tail-fin. It has peculiar characteriflicks : 



The black bill looks like that of a vultur ; 

 the jaws are pointed, fhort, and bent ; the 



quently afleited, that a few have, at times, been found in 

 a torpid ftate, hid in old buildings : but how a bird fo much 

 • lighter than water, can contrive to keep irfelf half a ye?» 

 at the bottom of the fea, feems inexplicable. 



c Our tailors call the Vdccamu fula Linn, a boobv. 



bill 



