,>*kiiineil, ;md, Imviug soukcd tliem in suit water 

 titttil Hie mtolng, m parl)^^ i!iem, then, 



lirtli' fresh water till they were tender, and 

 liad tliL'Tii served tip witli savoury sauce : tluis 

 dressed, the dish was uuiversaliy commeuded, 

 and w of it very hie^rtUy, evaa tfltea 

 was fresli porft ttp^ tke table.*' 



I was !iot aware, until 1 p^rosed tlie entertain- 

 m<y " Fr;t<i'nients of Voyages and Travels," I)y 

 Captain Hall, tliat the Albatross was ever found 

 Senear the equator. "On the '24th of May," 

 lie writ^ tie di^ lit^fere etmMg the eqimW, 

 iSt nimb^ of tll0$e, iltxge birds, the Albatr^^, 

 were seen soariu^^ over tlie face of tlio wat^^ 

 and the flying fish, when rising into the air to 

 avoid ihm nataral mmm^ the dolphin and 

 hotiit^^ tvere frequently t^nghit hyfh^ p^aeb^ 

 ing birds, to tlie very reasonable dfeS^ppoitttment 

 of the >])<u tiii^j.' fish below, on whose manor they 

 were tresjiassing. Tbesci intruders proeeeded 

 not altogether with impunity, however, for we 

 hoiiked isevei'al of them, wh6, dottftdi^t ia tfeeir 

 O^jfU sagacity and strength of wing, sWOOpisd 

 r;[;irrly !it tile 1 mi ted liuok-, towed far astern of 

 rlii' -hip. were t Jnis di'ii wu ou board, serenui- 

 iti;:, ainl ll;i]ipiug their wiugs in a \ei'y ridieulous 

 plight/' 



