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of one of our fifliermen was a very line dolphin 

 (coryphmia hippurus). Nothing more was ne- 

 ceflary.to fet the whole fhip's company in motion; 

 but the fifherman having hauled it in with too 

 much hafie, had the mortification to find only a 

 part of the jaw on the end of his hook. 



Smce our departure from TenerifTe the wind 

 had varied little from the north-eaft. 



A common fwajlow (hlrundo ruftica) newly ar- 

 rived from Europe, followed us for fome time 

 without choofing to alight on our fhip : it foon 

 directed its flight towards the coafl of Africa, 

 where it was certain of finding the infects on 

 which it fubfifts. We were then in 20 north 

 latitude, and 11 3.0' weft longitude. 



There being little wind, we faw floating, in 

 great numbers, on the furface of the water, the 

 medufa, known to natural ifts by the name of 

 mednfa caravella, Linn. This fpecies fhould not 

 be handled without precaution ; for, like feveral 

 other fea-nettles, it occafions blifters after a pain- 

 ful pricking. 



The fifh known by the name of remora on 

 fuck-fifh (echeneis remora, Linn.) generally fol- 

 lows the fhark, to which it attaches itfelf, be- 

 caufe it finds means of fubfiflence in the excre- 

 ments of that voracious animal. It does not 

 however accompany it in a manner fufficiently 

 exclufive not to follow alfo very frequently other 

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