ABOUT THE LINE. 1751- 1091 



The fouth-eaft wind, which generally turns 

 weft about the tropic, did not turn before laft 

 night. 



May the 5 th, 33 16' S. L. 



SEVERAL/orts of birds flew about our fhip, 

 and in particular the Albatros> or Diomedea 

 exulam : their fize is that of a goofe ; they are 

 white every where, excepting the quills and 

 tail, which are black at the end, but white at 

 bottom. We found them alfo in other places, 

 viz. in thirty-fix degrees, and likewife in 

 thirty-five degrees and eighteen minutes of 

 ibuthern latitude. 



Cape Pigeons are a fpeciesof birds fo called 

 by mariners ; they only refemble pigeons in 

 fize: their country is the Cape of Good Hope. 

 A great many of thefe birds flew to and fro, 

 and kept us company as far as the fouthern 

 tropic. This bird is the 



Procellaria Capenfis Linn, or the mid- 

 dling fpotted Petrel of Edwards's Birds, 90. 

 t. 90. part 2. The following is its defcription : 



The 



