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diredly againft the wind, or fomewhat in an 

 oblique direction*. 



WE faw like wife the fifh called Bonetos* 

 (Scomber Pelamys Linn.) they were likewife in 

 fhoals, hunting fome fmaller fim, which chace 

 caufed a noife like to that of a cafcade, becaufe 

 they wefe all fwimming clofe in a body j but 

 they always kept out of the reach of our har- 

 poons. 



OF amphibious animals, or reptiles ; we met 

 twice with a Turtle, one of which was fleeping* 

 the other fwam without taking notice of our 

 (hip ; both were of two feet diameter. 



BIRDS are pretty frequently feen on the ocean, 

 though Aquatic Birds are more common than 

 Land Birds. 



THE Petrel (Procellaria Pelagica Linn.) was 

 our* companion from the channel to the Thores 

 of America. Flocks of this bird were always 

 about our fhip, chiefly in that part of the fea, 

 which being cut by the (hip, forms a fmooth 

 furface, where they frequently feem to fettle, 

 though always on the wing. They pick up or 

 examine every thing that falls accidentally from 

 the (hip, or is thrown over board : little fifh 

 feem to be their chief food ; in day-time they are 

 filent, in the dark clamorous i they are reputed 

 to forebode a ftorm, for which reafbn the failors 

 difliking their company, complimented them 

 With the name of witches -, but they are as fre- 



* IN Mr. Pennant's Britijb Zoology, vol. 3. p. 333. is the beft 

 account of this fiih to be met with ; and in his BYitiJb Zoology , 

 iliujiratea by Plates and brief explanations, is plate xliv. a good 

 and exadt drawing of the fifhj the upper figure reprefenting it in 

 front, the lower fideways. F. 



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