24 Ocean between Europe and America, 



Within the American gulph wedifcover- 

 cd a fea-bird at a little diftance from the 

 fhip, which the failors called a Sea- hen. 



Land-birds are now and then feen at 

 fea, and fometimes at a good diftance from 

 any land, fo that it is often difficult, to 

 account for their appearance in fo uncom- . 

 liion a place. Angufi the i8th. we faw a 

 bird which fetled on our fhip, and was per- 

 fectly like the great Titmoufe, ( Par us major 

 Linn:) upon an attempt to catch it, it got 

 behind the fails, and could never be caught. 



September the ift. We oblerved fome 

 Land- birds flying about our fhip, which 

 we took for Sand Martins (Hirundo riparia 

 Linn. J fometimes they fettled on our fhip, 

 or on the fails; they were of a greyifh 

 brown colour on their back, their breafl 

 white, and the tail fomewhat furcated ; a 

 heavy fhower of rain drove them afterwards 

 away. September the 2d. a Swallow flut- 

 tered about the fhip, and fometimes it fet- 

 tled on the maft; it feemed to be very 

 tired ', feveral times it approached our cabin 

 windows, as if it was willing to take fhelter 

 there. Thefe cafes happened about forty 

 deg. north lat. and between forty-feven and 

 forty-nine deg. wefl long, from London, 

 and alfo about twenty deg. long, or 



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