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Richard Hawk, ns obferved, in an ifle 
they fceqittct off Patagonia, a fmall 
valley covered, ’vi- h grals, which the 
birds never burr- ved in, as ii. they 
meant to refer; i or paffmige. 
TWv are very r: biu tafte very filhy, not 
uniiKe ou, perms : as they are very 
full of Iff, d, it is neceffary to cut off 
their heads as con as (hey are killed, 
in order that it y run out ; it is alfo 
requifice they fhould be' flayed, for 
without thote precautions their flelh is 
fcarce eatable. When faked it becomes 
a good food, as navigators have often 
experienced, in particular Richard Hop- 
kins*, who preferved that way fix teen, 
liogfheads, which lafted above two 
months, and ferved as beef. 
Thefe birds and feals feem to have been 
beftowed in quantity on thofe defolate 
fhores, as refources in extremity to di- 
flreffed voyagers. 
Name, The proper name of thefe birds is Pinguin 
(propter pi ngue dine m -f* ), on account of 
their fatnefs. Jt has been corrupted to 
Penguin ; fo (hat fome, imagining it to 
have been a WeKh word fignifying a 
white head, entertained fome hopes of 
tracing the Britifh colony, Paid to have 
migrated into America, under the aufpi- 
ees of Madoc Gwineth, fon of Owen 
* Sir Richard Hawkins, Obf. 72. 
•’r Cluf. Exot. 101. 
Gwineth, 
