AttHWAL IN ENGLAND. 



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soon afterwards but few of tliose insects romninrd. 



In the t^m^g they wotfld tmtt m flte rigy i >ig ; 

 md. fmitis^mm fifioJi refng^ tm tight mlSm 



cliic'f officer*s cabin, wliicli opeiieJ upon the 

 deck, and were again set at liberty in the morn- 

 ing. They became after a few days exhausted ; 

 several were {bund dead, and otbj&is l^^fm^ $o 

 tatft^lbm Mgtie m4t linnet,, m U jgaally 

 cauglit, and would aftcrwfflflfa remain pei^dted 

 on the hand, without making any eflbrt to regain 

 their hberty. These were also of the species 

 S^mdo rt^tica of LiniiaBus, which is widely 

 *list3?iBiited <3W th0 globe. ipst^bsmed 



them in latitude l.T' 29' north, and longitude 

 1 17'* 40' east ; and we lost them, most having" 

 perished, in latitude D" 30' north, longitude 

 110" 45' east, having been ffy^t ikt «lilp foe 

 thittma. days. 



Hie question that 9xi$^ is, whethm* in the 

 latter instances they were emigrating, or had 

 Ijeen blown oil' tlic land by the wx'sterly gales we 

 had experienced since leaving Manilla Bay. It 



jQ^y he mm^me^^ thdit m 'W^ Md: ^ the smile 



titn^ ^U^^us other laud birds ahout the ^Ipf 

 the latter siipjjosition is not imjn'oliahlc. 



After having been detained lor several days by 

 ea.sterly winds, on the 2Uth of April we had fair 



