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./'//,. '.ith. Awn.tin,-. Sam.- kind> of s-a Kinls s,-<-ii an yesterday. About a dozen 



ti-li w. :>t 'luring tin- -lay; four large .sharks besides othn lis|, w ,. re i n 



tin- trammel in-t which was badly torn by the former. A tnini|>et -h'-h was cauglit in 



tin- large trap and -mur other- were found in the small traps. Several albacorea' or a 



kind of tunny wen- caught liy means of a line ; the. largest one weighed Itij Hw. One 



used fii ' I, Utotitei Ml HOI >-:.: < aptain M Upim and tWQ '' ::': .;...; 



nther ti-h wen- '.-night on the line, Imt many hook- \\.T<- .aim-d away by the large 

 tiinnii-s. \\ ith the jiei mission of Captain M'Alpine we -ei -nied two Imliv turtles from 

 the turtle ponds and kept them alive on hoard in a tank. 



/ IO/A, 7 36' S. 14" 33' W. Weighed anchor early in the morning and trawled 

 in 40 fathoms oflTyramid Point before breakfast. Secured a very rich haul about 130 

 fish altogether, of which about 100 were Hat-fish. Whilst the trawl was out I went away 

 in the dinghy and shot about a do/en Kinl- in all, comprising three species, a* far 

 a* 1 can make out, gannets, tailor birds and small black birds like the one shot at St 

 il'-lena. 



I landed on a rock near the shore and found gannet- and tin- -mall birds busy in 

 bringing up their young. They did not seem to have any m--i-. Imt -implv laid their 

 eggs on the bare rock. Some gannets had fresh laid eggs and other- had < liieks, some 

 of which were big birds almost ready for flight. I did not see any of the black bird's 

 eggs, though I secured some young ones which were not able to fly. There were a 

 great many lice on the birds. 



Porpoises, a Portuguese man-o'-war, wide-awakes and two or three whitc-lx-llied 

 Wil>on's petrels ; w.-ie se.-n during the day. 



-/ 1 \th, 4 47' S. 1 ^ 47' W.~ I'hysftlia, flying-fish, a gannet and a few white- 

 liellied stormy petrels \\. iv -een during the day. 



/ I ~th, 2' 46' S. 17* 24' W. A school of porpoises were playing about the bows 

 of the ship after In. -a k last ; however, as soon as a harpoon was brought, they all vanished. 

 Saw an albacore jump about four feet out of the water. A large Portuguese man-o'-war, 

 two wide-awakes, flying-fish and a Wilson's stormy jx-trel were seen : the latter bird was 

 too far off to distinguish the species. Sea very phosphorescent since leaving Ascension. 



June 13th, 15' S. 18 3'J' W. The captain saw two Wilson's petrels, probably 

 the white-bellied ones, and also a flying-fish. 



June 14th, 2" 09' N. 19" 26' W. Numerous flying-fish were seen during the day. 

 One jumped on board early this morning. 



/ "iic loth, 3 50' N. 19 58' W.- -Klying-fish, porpoises and a shark were seen. 

 Sea very phosphorescent. 



Jui.c 16//I, 6 02' X. 20 33' W. The steward caught a shark, which we preserved. 



tailed to catch the two pilot-fish, which wen- stri[)ed like a zebra. Several 

 porpoises, flying-fish and two or three stormy petrels, probably Wilson's, but too far off 

 to distinguish. 



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