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Ch.VL south AMERICA. 359 



The winds continued at S. E. E. fometimes at S. 

 and S. W. with heavy rains, thunder and lightning, 

 till the frigate came into 2 3" of latitude, and 39 of lon- 

 gitude. 



On the 12th of May, at one in the morning, they 

 difcovered a fmall frigate to leeward and on the 19th 

 being in lo*" 3®'S. latitude and 39 E. longitude, law 

 three large fhips : but both fides continued their re- 

 fpedive courfe, without making any motion to avoid 

 or approach each other. 



On the 27th they crofTed the line, 44^ eaft of Val- 

 paraifo, or 30" 30^ W. of Paris. As thefe parts a- 

 bound in fharks, they caught feveral, and one.of them, 

 after open it and taking out its intrails, heart and 

 lungs, they threw it again into the water and it be- 

 ing calm they faw it fwim near the frigate above a 

 quarter of an hour, till floating out of fight they, 

 could not fee the death of the creature. The 

 heart alfo of this and many others on which the fame 

 experimiCnt was tried, was obferved to have a mo- 

 tion on board the fhip for above a quarter of an 

 hour. 



On the firH: of June the frigate was in 4*^ 30' N. lat. 

 the wind N. E. and S. E. and fometimes at S. and S. 

 W. with heavy rains but now the provifions, and 

 particularly water growing (liort, the captain, with the 

 approbation of his oilicers and paffengers, determined 

 to put in at Marti nico, and accordingly the courfe was 

 direded thither. 



On the 1 uh in the morning, being in the latitude of 

 9 deg. 30 min. and 39 deg. call of Valparaifo, they had 

 light of three large Chips v^^hich continued their courfe 

 without (landing for the frigate ; and as their courfes 

 v;ere diredly oppofite, they foon loft fight of each 

 other. 



On the 21ft at night, they had a fliort fquall ra- 

 ther of rain than wind, but the night being dark, 

 they faw at the tcp-gallant-maft. bead, the meteor 

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