An Ecclipjs of the Moon. 
Common one, Birds ^ Fig. 5, 6 . Noddies 699. 
arefeen in moft Places between the Tropicks, 
as well in the Eaji-Indies, and on the Coaft 
of Brazil^ as in the WeB-Indies. They reft 
a 5 hore a Nights, and therefore we never 
fee them far at <Sea, not above 20 or ' 
Leagues , unlefs driven off in a 5 torm. 
When they come about a 6'hip they com- 
monly perch in the Night, and will fit ftill 
till they are taken by the 5 eamen. They 
Build on Cliffs againft the 6ea, or Rocks, 
as I have faid Vol. I. p. 53:. 
The 30th Day being in Lat. 18 deg. 21 
min. we made the Land again, and faw 
many great 5 moaks near the Shore ; and 
having fair Weather and moderate Breezes, 
I fleered in towards it. At 4 in the After- 
noon I Anchored in 8 Fathom Water, 
clear 5 and, about 3 Leagues and a half from 
the Shore. I prefently fent my Boat to 
5 ound nearer in, and they found 10 Fa- 
thom about a Mile farther in : and from 
thence ftill farther in the Water decreafed 
gradually to 9, 8, 7. and at 2 Mile diflance 
to 6 Fathom. This Evening we faw an 
Eclipfe of the Moon, but it was abating 
4 before the Moon appear’d to us ; for the 
Horizon was very hazy, fo that we could 
not fee the Moon till fhe had been half an 
hour above the Horizon ; and at two 
hours, 22 min. after Sun-fet, by the reck- 
oning of our Glaffes, the Eclipfe was quite 
gone, 
