troni land, lius bean stated to be three iiuudretl 

 miles, but by the observations at noon w« 

 distant Ibll «me tHonisand tniles hxsaea ; 

 nearest being the iiortlierniiiost island of the Cape 

 dv A'erd oToiip. The distance at wliicli birds 

 !sU2)])osed not to wander fur from land, are some- 

 times se^Ut is surprising. Peiigains have occa- 

 isidtially beeii met yn^ ieretal ImildYed tcMm f^nta 

 land, although they are conimonly supposed not to 

 wander from it any considerable distance. A n in- 

 telligent lady informed me, that, during a voyage 

 from England to Batavia, in the ship OryntHa, 

 between tbe Catpe asd the latter place, z Petiguin 

 was shot, being rather motii tltlm a foot in length, 

 and of a sniootli slate etdonr over the body, M ith a 

 white breast, (as well as can be recollected .at 

 a distant period,) the ship being then at a dis- 

 tattee of e%lit Imiidifed mtLm Mm tbe Manon 

 or Crozette islands, with fine weather, nearly 

 erdm at the time. This occurred on the 22iid of 

 OcmoIkt, ls:ii. 



Captain Beechey also states, (Voyage to the 

 Padiii 4iid Bea*itit*« Strait, 8m trol. i. p. 16,) 

 wbieli t^ds to confirm the above fact, that, " as 

 we approached the Falkland Islands from Rio Ja- 

 neiro, some Penguins were seen upon the Mater 

 in latitude 47** south, at a distance of three huu- 



flr^d and lodfty ml6& fmm tmmt land ; a 



