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shoal of Albicores were observed chasing 
some flying-fish, but the latter, though seen 
by some on board, were not visible to my 
eyes. 
We passed Algiers at four o’clock in the 
morning of Friday 22nd, and we much re¬ 
gretted that it was too dark for us to obtain 
a view of this celebrated place. On this day 
our course lay along the coast of Barbary, at 
the distance of five or ten miles; but from 
the thickness of the atmosphere, we had not 
nearly so clear a view of the land as we had 
on the coast of Spain and Portugal. The 
hills were of moderate height, and many of 
them were covered with low woods to the 
summit. With our telescopes we discovered 
many cultivated spots; and from the number 
of fires seen along the coast, we concluded 
that it must have been rather thickly inha¬ 
bited. About noon we were off a large 
