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CHAPTER II. 



Enter the tropics — Hying ^sh^^mmmd"!^ tim dcean — 

 Magnificent scene— Plmsphorie rlntefesting facts 



in elucidation of that plvenomenon — Albieores and Bo- 

 oitos — A colossal whale — Sea birds — Gigantic species of 

 stelroga^Desctiption. of those birds — Their maoiier of 



On the 31st of May we lost the north-east trade, 

 In 8* 4(3f moftli, mi lotigilttde ^ W€sl, s^et 

 which we experienced YadaMe windfe with tor- 

 routs uf rain, until the 4th of June, wlicn w c 

 liad the south-cast trade in latitude 4'' 38' north, 

 and hnigitude 22" 49' west, and cro^^sed the 

 equator early on the morning of the 7tli, in 

 longitude ^7* w^t, being altogether only 

 tliirly-tw5 days ftom Plymonth, including our 

 delay at St. Jago. 



On enteriug thi* tro])ics nianv animate ob- 

 jects excite attentiun, among other^^ the Hying- 



