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colour ; others had their whole bodies white, and their 

 wings black, and others the revcrfc. Some, though 

 very few, were entirely black, without the lead fpot 

 of white. We alfo faw among them the Toninas, 

 with their white bellies and brown backs. 



On the ift of March, being in the latitude of 57% 

 50', and 0% 3' eaft of the meridian of Conception, we 

 few fome whales, but the number of birds were con- 

 fiderably diminifhed : the fnow and hail ftill conti- 

 nued ; the denfe clouds, which were continually form- 

 ing in that part of the horizon whence the winds blow, 

 precipitating themfelves in thefe meteors ; and though 

 the winds were moderate, the clouds were conftantly 

 gathering. On the 3d we had thick weather; the 

 cold became extreme, and a great deal of fnow fell. 

 The birds, alfo, returned in their former numbers ; 

 principally of the larger fort. 



On the fame day, at noon, in the latitude of 58* 

 40^ and 13' E. of the meridian of Conception, 

 a little W. of the meridian of Cape Horn, and 60 

 leagues to the fouthward of it; we altered our 

 courfe, fteering E.N.E. and continued failing between 

 that and the N. E. till the 28th of the fame month. 

 But the winds vs^ere fo variable and unfettled, that 

 there was fcarce a day in which they did not blow from 

 two different quarters, and fometimes from points 

 alm:oft oppofite. 



On the 4th we had fair weather, with the wind 

 gt N. N. E. and W. on the 5th at S. E. and W. 

 on the 6th S. and S. W. changing round the whole 

 compafs, and fcarce ever continuing a day in one 

 point,' till the 8th, when we found ourfelves in the 

 latiuide of 55° i& and 14° 30' E. of the meridian 

 of Conception, having weathered both Cape Horn, 

 and Staten Land. It fnowed and hailed continually, 

 fo that it was fix inches deep on the deck : but now 

 It began to» diminifh, and with it the cold. The 

 birds jikewifc HQ longer appeared iri fuch vait flocks : 



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