190 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM RIO DE 
ail appearance of verdure.''—" A strong current appears 
to set round the east point of Staten Island, the sea being- 
very turbulent and broken." Several penguins. Cape pi- 
geons, and fulmars, were seen. 
On the 13th, Lat. 57« 5T, Long. 64^ 43', he remarks, 
that " two species of the petrel tribe, Procellaria glacialis 
and Pr. , were very common : the former is well 
known ; but the latter is seldom, I believe, seen in the At- 
lantic Ocean beyond the parallel of 30^ S.'' We have to 
regret that the species is not mentioned. 
On the 22d, S3d, 24th, S6th, and S8th, they experi- 
enced occasional showers of snow : this was betwixt Lat. 
58° and 56°. On the 28th a luminous meteor was observed 
at the mast head, and much lightning in the SW. 
May 8th. Lat. 38° 24', Long. 83° 34', they were again 
surrounded by numbers of the oceanic birds {Procellaride). 
On the 11th, they passed about 20 miles to the west of 
the little island of Massafuero, to the north of which they 
reached about half a degree the next day. Here Mr 
Jameson remarks, that " those birds named Cape Pigeons 
{Procellaria) begin to diminish in number." 
On the 16th, Lat. 27° 53', Long. 75° 35', they saw 
some sea-weed, and a few birds, probably of the genus 
Pelecaims.'''' 
On the 18th, Lat. 24° 47', Long. 73° 36', they passed 
some " floating patches of Fucus!'^ Several small birds 
{Procellarice)^ flying-fish {Exoccetus mlitans)^ and a small 
species of the cuttle-fish (Sepia), were observed. 
" 20th. Light SE. breeze, and cloudy. This morning 
we had a nearer view of the coast. Its surface is very ir- 
regular, without the least appearance of vegetation. A very 
high mountain, named Morro de Mexillones, rises to a 
great elevation. A few altitudes of the sun's lower limb, 
with the corresponding times, as indicated by the chrono- 
meters, gave for their mean longitude 70° 38' 4" W., a 
very near approximation to the true place of the ship. 
