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bank in the latitude of ^.6 deg. and on this account we 

 again ilood from it. 



On the ad of Augufl-, being in the latitude of 45 

 deg. ^^o min. 30 fee. 27 dcg. 2 min. E. of Concep- 

 tion, we founded, and found 70 fathom water, and 

 the bottom rocky. We continued our foundings 

 every day, and found the bottom as fpecified in the 

 foilov/iniJ: table: 



July the 27th, in the latitude of 45 deg. 54 min. 

 and 32 deg. 6 min. E. of Conception, we faw fome 

 birds as it were fporting on the water. The fize of 

 them was fomething lefs than a wood pigeon, and all 

 over black except the tail which was white. They 

 who are converfant in thcfe voyages fay, that they 

 are fecn at a great diitance from the bank ; and thus 

 we found it, being obliged to lefien our longitude 

 5 deg. to return to our firft foundings. We alio faw 

 two birds of that kind called Penguins, of which 

 there are great numbers on the bank : and though in 

 the common opinion thefe birds never fly to any great 

 diOancc from it, vve found it otherwife. Thefe Pen- 

 guins are of the bignefs a:;d lliape of a goofe, alfo 

 with little or no tail. They fly againit the courfe of 



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