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accompanied us from the Channel, and it did not disap- 

 pear finally until the 23d, when Cape Finisterre, the nearest 

 land, was 200 miles distant. On the 25th we passed the 

 parallel of this cape, nearly at the same distance. 



AVe now shaped a course for the west end of Madeira, 

 and a pleasant breeze from the N.E. impelling us forward 

 50 to 60 leagues aday, we made that island at day-light on 

 the Slst, our approach to it on the preceding days being 

 denoted by the wind veering to the west, with frequent 

 squalls and showers of rain, and by the numbers of logger- 

 head turtles (Testudo caretta) seen asleep on the surface of 

 the sea. One of these animals was taken up by the Congo 

 with many clusters of barnacles adhering to the shell ; they 

 consisted of two species, the Lepas anatifera, and Lepas mem- 

 hranacea. The first floating mollusca were also seen on ap- 

 proaching Madeira, and as the scientific gentlemen were 

 now pretty well recovered from their sea sickness, and the 

 weather was warm and fair, Fahrenheit's thermometer at 

 noon being CS", the tow-net was put overboard, and col- 

 lected some of these animals, all of the Vellela genus. 



Passing Madeira to the west at ten leagues distance, we 

 steered for Palma, which, at day-hght on the 2d of April, was 

 in sight ; running along its west side at the distance of six 

 leagues, we observed the summit of the Caldera mountain 



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