30O A VOYAGF TO Book IX. 



colcur; others hp.d their who> bod is 'vhite, nmi their 

 winy^ bl.ick, a^^d c-hers the reverfe. Some, though 

 very few, were entirely blacl-, wiihou»- the Icaft fpot 

 of whi'^. We alio faw among them the T' ninas, 

 with their whire beiiiep. and l^rown brc! s. 



On the lii of March, bei \3: 'n the latitude ot 57°, 

 50', and ü°, 3' eaii. of the meriüian of C.-nceptiorj, we 

 faw lonx" whiles, but the number of birds were con- 

 fiderabiy diminif-ied: The fno'v and hail l>?'i conti- 

 niicdj the denfe '-ioud':, which were continuall" "rm- 

 ing in thi?t p:r^ of the hoiizon wht^nce the v.ind "-^low, 

 prv 'ipitating ihem 'ves in t.hefe meteo:.s; and í .oiigh 

 t! winds vere moderate, the clouds were con. .ntly 

 go.theiing On the 3d we had thick weather the 

 cold brcamc extreme, and a great deal of fnow ¡cll. 

 The birds, alfo, returned in their former numbers; 

 principally of the larger fort. 



On the fame day, at noon, in the latitude of 58* 

 4c', anti 4°i3'E. of the meridian of Conception, 

 a little W. of the nctid. an of Cape Horn, and 60 

 leagnes to the fourhward of it; we altered our 

 courfe, lleering F. N. E. and continued failing between 

 that and the N. E. dli the 28ih of the fame month. 

 But the winds were fo variable and unfettled, that 

 there was fcarce a day in which they did not blow from 

 two different quarters, and fometimes from points 

 almofl: oppofire. 



On the 4th we had fair weather, with the wind 

 at N. N. E. and W. on the 5th at S. E. and W. 

 on the 6th S. and S. W. changing round the whole 

 compafs, and fcarce ever continuing a day in one 

 point, till the 8th, when we found ourfelves in the 

 latitude of 55° i 6' and 14° 3c' E. of the meridian 

 of Conception, having weathered both Cape Horn, 

 and Sraten Land. It fnowed and hailed continually, 

 lo that it was fix inches deep on the deck : but now 

 it began to diminilh, and with it the eold. The 

 birds iikewife no longer appeared in fuch vaft flocks : 



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