AT SEA.— CAPE PALMA 
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Eldon is completely astern ; and as it is squally, we shall probably 
lose her in the night. 
July 8. — -The trade wind has now quitted us ; the S. W. has sup- 
plied its place, and carries us quite as well on our course. On the 
3d instant we lost sight of the Lord Eldon; and passed the tropic 
of Cancer. The change of wind has brought with it a favourable 
change of weather. I can scarcely say that we have felt the incon- 
venience of the heat even for an hour : this is certainly owing to our 
vicinity to the coast of Africa during the rainy season, which is 
now at its height. 
July 19. — The same wind, with little variation, enabled us yester- 
day to pass Cape Palmas, which we found laid down falsely in all 
the maps ; it is in longitude 8° west. Laurie and Whittle have 
published a chart of the whole coast, said to be on the authority of 
five captains in the Liverpool trade. This is grossly erroneous ; 
many lives may be lost by a deception which ought to be publicly 
noticed. The weather continues cloudy, but pleasant. We have had 
but little rain ; and the breeze has carried us on an average about 
^00 miles per day. 
July 2,Z — We caught a fine albicore, as the seamen call it, and 
dressed it ; it proved excellent. It is the Scomber thynnus, or 
thunny fish of the Mediterranean. The Scomber pelamis, or boneta, 
we have found inferior. Both pursue the flying-fish, and add much 
to our amusement, by crowding round the ship. Mr. Macauly, 
the second mate, struck a porpoise, but the grange was not suffi- 
ciently strong, and it escaped. After dinner a young shark was 
seen following the ship, accompanied by the sucking-fish, and pilot- 
fish. A piece of pork was a bait too tempting for him to resist ; he 
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