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9 ^ above o, the cold was neverthelefs very 

 fharp. The violent agitation of the air appeared 

 to me to be the principal caufe of the fenfation 

 which we experienced. 



Having on the iftof June reached the latitude 

 of 37 17' fouth, and the longitude of 154 5' 

 caft, we law a confiderable number of white and 

 black fpotted petrels (procellaria Capenfis), and a 

 great many albatrofTes remarkable for the very 

 deep fawn colour of the extremity of their wings. 



The next day, the 2d, a great many flying 

 fifhes of the fame fpecies as thofe which we had 

 fo repeatedly met with in other feas, announced to 

 us, by throwing themfelves headlong on board, 

 that we had got into the latitudes frequented by 

 bonitoes. 



The motion of the fhip, lince we had failed, 

 had thrown me into fuch a depreflion of fpirits, 

 that it had not been poflible for me to pay the 

 attention necefTary for the prefervation of the 

 articles collected in my laft excurfions. On the 

 3d of June, the fea having become lefs rough, 

 allowed me to engage in thefe purfuits : they 

 were not at all damaged ; I found them only 

 covered with a little mildew. 



Since our departure from New Holland we 

 were reduced to a fmall quantity of water ; and 

 the heat, which, on the 5th, began to be very 

 oppreffive, rendered this privation ft ill more 



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