rm mum. 



On the IBth of Mai?chyl831, during mj farmei* 

 voyage^. IB hit 44? Wmttix, mA tog* W 

 ^f^l m tTt$ i@fietii»g, shacks of a vii^ large 



size were seen at a short dif-tmire from tlie f^ln'p, 

 A liig'Ii clorstil fin, projertiiijj;' fVoiii tlie \vatei% 

 was at first ouly discoriiiblu, and had a resem- 



U ^ mk,^ It m$ at Btatipnasy, hai 



occasionally the tail could he seen partially ahove 

 the Avater. I know not to what species to refer 

 it ; one of the crew on hoard, who had been in 

 a whaler, said that it was what they named a 



side tlir shipri when they are cntting- up a whale, 

 lie said, ;ds<>, thiit iie had seen thcni as large as 

 a iarn/ //-barrel ivhale; that ''the mouth re- 

 sembled the gill of fisli, and they axe spotted 

 dter ilie ba<fc" iWietlier tlie latter fm of this 

 account accorded witi the actiuil appeat^ise of 

 tlie fisli, 1 was not sufficiently near to fiscertain, 

 but it appeared correct with respect to its large 

 size. 



The Tiatives of tlie Polynesian islands have 



' Bring lit lirst stationaiy, and of a dajrk colour, a si!4|> 

 jKissiii*r it ruijidi} niiglit tmve ctin^^teQ it wie, ^itfl re- 

 [loiEtd urcordingly, and such a cticiimstimcL' luis no dc)ul)t 

 cuuslhI many rocks to be laid ilown in the cjiarts which liave 

 actually no existence. 



