about ill in as loug as he rcniaius in the water ; 

 and a very short time lE^feep lie )mxi liaiiled 

 cm boaxdi. earn smetimes 1m isakm hf % 

 basket from t"he chains, as they swim at that 

 time very superficially, and sometimes b^v^ 

 been known (but rarely) to take bait. 



Ojj ike 18th, in latitude 2* 20' north, and 

 lon^tadfr W -vmk^ we got the n<ir4h^east 

 trade, to the northward, being nortli-north- 

 east, moderate and fresh breezes,* and on the 

 7th of April, we lost tlie north-east trade in about 

 30" 31' north, and longitude 44^^ 20' west 



On. the Isl of Ap»a, la ia^MMde l^Tiadiyth, 



and longitude 42^ 50' W^bI^ several tropie birds 

 C Phaeton oetlierms) were seen hovering' ov er the 

 ship; this was eonsidereil a very unusual cireinn- 

 stance, from the distance we then \vcre from land. 



The 1^30^81 distaiioe tlie^ l^i^i ba^e hem ^em 



* t am mformed by Mi*. Winiam HdMemess, that in the 

 month of October, 1828, when on a voyage frCKHn Guayaquil 

 and Lima, in the brig Bolivai-, E. Bransfu'kl, K. X., tituHiunultT^ 

 littving heard rumours of war in Europe, tlicy toiiciietl at 



day,<;arryini; the soutli-cast trade to about l'2"tiorlh hititude. 

 Afl^r a few clays calm, they ^ot line breezes tiom south-uc>t, 



Irntle. and (hen had nntliing bat l%ht Udrtit-eilSt wilicb Ulltll 

 tliey reached Gibraltar. 



