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close under ttie stern, beguiled n rrf!i(jiis hour, 

 until we arrivorl in latittules where the varitnis 

 species of albatross, cape petrel, and otiier 



to the ^ ie$,1kmi** trtbe^ We lost smitlk- 

 east tfade on l3ie 13tli (^f June, in about 14'' 3D' 

 south, and lono;. 3"2'\ 14'. west. In lat. 30'' U' 

 soutli, and long. 24*^ 18' west, on the 25th of 

 June, cape petrels* lirearB fitst seen, and increased 



the ship, in greater w less numbers, even to Port 



Jackson ; albatrosses were not seen until we ar- 

 rived in lat. 36" south, long, b"" 18' west, when 

 several species of this bird were often abcmi 0xe> 



Besides the M-lit of fLyiagiS^^ ijiiia^s, dol- 

 phins and otlier deep-water fish ; cape petrels, 

 ulbritrosses, and other oceanic l)irds, serve to 

 banish the sameness of a sea voyage, and that 

 enntu wHchlajBitarbeaWbirig^ bwS npm those 

 who have but few resources in themselves, and 

 looking for it in objects around, too often leel 

 ilisappointed. It is usually about the of la- 

 liludi', and '2(]'' of west longitude, that the gi- 



recognised. It was tirst seen in 3*^ nortii iatUuCle, and fbl* 

 Jowtttg the slilp to latituile south, a distattce of eight 

 lauulri'tl iiiid liirty mi\e&. 



t Tlii.s petrel is said Uj be fountl %in 24o to 60^ south 

 lalitiiik'. 



