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and a red fifli of the fame fize, which fome of our people »778 

 faid they had feen in the Straits of Magellan ; befides an- u — ,r— » 

 other differing little from the hake. There are alfo confi- 

 derable numbers of thofe fifli called the chimxre, or little fea 

 wolves, by fome ; which is a-kin to, and about the fize of, 

 xho. pezegaUo^ or elephant-fifli. Sharks, likewife, fometimes 

 frequent the Sound 5 for the natives have fome of their teeth 

 in their poffeflion ; and we faw fome pieces of ray, or fcate, 

 which feemed to have been pretty large. The other marine 

 animals that ought to be mentioned here, are a fmall cru- 

 ciated medufa, or blubber ; ftar-fifli, which differ fomewhat 

 from the common ones ; two fmall forts of crabs •> and two 

 others, which the natives brought ; one of them of a thick, 

 tough, gelatinous confiftcnce ; and the other a fort of mem- 

 branaceous tube or pipe, both which are probably taken from 

 the rocks. And we, alfo, purchafed from them, once, a very 

 large cuttle-fifh. 



There is abundance of large mufcles about the rocks ; 

 many fea-ears ; and we often faw fhells of pretty large 

 plain chanids. The fmaller forts are fome trochi of two fpecies ; 

 a curious murex; rugged wilks; and a fnail ; all which are, 

 probably, peculiar to this place ; at leaft I do not recolleft 

 to have feen them in any country near the fame latitude, in 

 either hcmifphere. There are, befides thefe, fome fmall 

 plain cockles, limpets ; and fome flrangers, who came into 

 the Sound, wore necklaces of a fmall bluifh volute, or pana- 

 mae. Many of the mufcles arc a fpan in length ; and fome 

 having pretty large pearls ; which, however, are both badly 

 fliaped and coloured. We may conclude, that there is red 

 coral in the Sound, orfomewhere upon the coaft; fome thick 

 pieces, or branches, having been feen in the canoes of the 

 natives. 



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