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of one part of the lofty cmiiiciicfj mid 

 tinctly seeii frm tfes ship, had a ytTj pretty 

 mA ^mmg ^lEeot^ n& m sim dtlii^ its 

 rays over tlie scen^ wMab t&s sonic time re^ 

 mained clear from even a passino- (doiid. 



A number of gamiets were busily engaged in 

 fishing, and, from the shoals of flying-fish about, 

 mWt have enjoyed ©sedll^fc 4p<irfev ^T%^ Mfa^ 

 birds, (2Vafi%|>fi*£$ og^ttifo, Vit'ill.) on tlie con- 

 trary, hovered over tbe ves^^el, virwiiin- with 

 curiosity the cx]>an<led sails and [iroo-rtssivc 

 motion of the ship, walking the waters like 

 a thing ot life,*^ r^^ding it, mfih mvi$il 

 indolence and aristocracy ^ mmom^ imv^mii 

 of fishing like tbe other industrious birds about 

 them. From all the fri^ntc-fiirds havinti' white 

 abdomens, and being deficient iu the red pouch, 

 r pre^me ticy were ^nmXm* Tb^ bilk <3f t&e 

 wh0B «f those ahout ^ tHp &t a 4wPty 

 white colour, although described in dcireral works 

 of natnral history as red. 



On a former voyage, a female of the man-of- 

 y^v hawk (Trach^petes aquila) was shot this 

 iaiaiid from libe decl. &f th^ sMp^ from the ^tim- 

 bers wliicli hovered over tbe vessel. The bird, 

 when struck bv the shot, nui(h' for the lam! ; Init 

 soon after, as if feeling that it wouhl \\v ttiiabh' 

 to reach it, returned, with a wavering Higlit, 



