many others, so that the injury whicli the plant 

 miglit sustain from foreign liodies striking agaii!bSl 



On the 8th of April we %vere in latitude 3P 

 34' nortli, longitude 41'' '27' west. It Imm 

 remarked, during the time the Crowned pigeons 

 h&v^ been on board ^ffifc ihey do not 



Jbr $im m a mA^ mdi ^bm f666m^ 



mence mating so mnch, that the man attending' on 

 the poultry can hardly supjdy tlioni witli suffi- 

 cient: tljey continue thus to eat for the spaee of a 

 fortnight, or more, and then cease for a cer- 



^mj^mUd^mlhme^jvMWo^^ At firat 



Ms m» supposed ?ieaffii'rtttra% to proceed from 



illness ; subsequent otelSfl^tion, however, de- 

 cided that it did not originate in such a cause. 

 They have not now eaten for three days, the 

 paddy plained in tbeir^tiHgh. aiill tm^iit^mt- 

 touched. The birds bave a IiedlSi^r tpp6ara^e 

 ill plumage and general looks, and are in as 

 excellent, if not hetter condition, than when 

 they first came on board the ship at Singapore. 

 Paddy is the only food give» Ijiw^ m^ they 

 pr^ler it io all other Mftd^i^f f^ia ^at have 

 been taied. 



« Vide L9biU$urdiere's Yo^ft^^ vol. i« p. 834. 



