although watching inc, i found no difttcuhy at 

 any time in seizing bim by the neck, fedfied 

 thes6> unlike ike imn^-^^ Mrd, gannet, &c., 



do not require great aciitcuess of vision, as their 

 food is priiKM[j:dly tlie shiggish molhisca, notfi^^lt, 

 as has hcen often assertctl as serving theiu for 

 prey, tliis bird being regarded also, but 1 mn.^ 

 rider erroiie<Mmly, m w of tile enenai^ of tfe 

 flying fish. 



Tlic Albatross does not require that arutenefi» 

 of vision requisite in the TucJnjpetvA aqu'tht, or 

 niau-of-war hawk, which hovers to a great 

 hei^t in the air, aM 13%^ #ur|8 with rapidity 

 on its fem^r prey* The of the Albatross^ 

 on the contrary, is low, and it frequently skims 

 the surface of the \vater, watching for tlie objects 

 which serve it for food, or the sepiae, as they 

 leap Irom, or swim tardily near, ih^ 



Sometimes the Albatrosses form a stsi-dish, and 

 are eaten by the crew ; but it is sehloiii tliey are 

 used for this purpose in the present day, although 

 formerly they were caughjt and e^ii^nted for thiit 

 pu^os% as a ehange to the ndsei^bl© mit jimk. 

 Ca[)taiu Cook mentions, in his first voyage, the 

 iiieth(Hl used to prepare the lards htd'ore Cfjokiug 

 theni, and passes much conuueiidation on the 

 dish. " Tht* Albatrosses," lie observes, we 



