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were any, were between E.N.E. and S. W., but mostly 
southerly. Our only amusement now was the taking of 
sharks, all of the white species (carcharias ), except one of 
the blue (g/laucus), and the only one seen during the pas- 
sage; the largest of the former was a male, ten feet long, 
the latter a female impregnated, seven feet long; she was 
unattended either by pilot-fish or sucking-fish, while the 
white sharks had many of both accompanying or at- 
tached to them. It was observed of the pilot-fish (Gasto- 
rosteus ductor), that they took especial care to keep out 
of the way of the shark’s mouth, generally playing over 
the hinder part of his head. The shark was also observed 
to lift the head above water and seize objects floatmg, with- 
out any change of position. One shark was seen to leap 
out of the water and seize a small albicore while it was itself 
in pursuit of a flying-fish. 
The first bonitos (Scomber pelamis ) were seen on the 25th, 
in latitude 5° 53., and many cavally or shipjack sported 
after showers of rain, while flocks of tropic and other ocea- 
nic birds hovered over the riplings they caused, in order to 
seize the flying fish frightened from their element, 
On the 26th, in latitude 6° 16’, longitude 13° 45’, the tem- 
perature of the sea at the depth of 220 feet was 64, that of 
the surface being 80°, and of the air 81°. 
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