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natives brought a fmall brownifh cod, fpotted with white; 
and a red fifh of the fame lize, which fome of our people v 
faid they had feen in the ftrait of Magalhaens; belides an¬ 
other differing little from the hake. There are alfo confi- 
derable numbers of thofe fifh called the cbitnara^ or little 
fea wolves, by fome; which is a-kin to, and about the fize 
of, the pezegallO) or elephant-fifh. Sharks, likewife, fome- 
times frequent the Sound; for the natives have fome of 
their teeth in their poffefiion; and we faw~ fome pieces of 
ray, or fcate, which feemed to have been pretty large. The 
other marine animals that ought to be mentioned here, are 
a fmall cruciated meduja , or blubber; ftar-fifh, which differ 
fomewhat from the common ones; two fmall forts of crabs ; 
and two others, which the natives brought; one of them of 
a thick, tough, gelatinous confifbence; and the other a fort 
of membranaceous tube or pipe, both which are probably 
taken from the rocks. And we, alfo, purchafed from 
them, once, a very large cuttle-fifh. 
There is abundance of large mufcles about the rocks; 
many fea-ears; and we often faw fhells of pretty large 
plain chama. The fmaller forts are fome trochi of two fpe- 
cies ; a curious murex ; rugged wilks; and a fnail; all which 
are, probably, peculiar to this place ; at leafl I do not recoi¬ 
led! to have feen them in any country near the fame lati¬ 
tude, in either hemifphere. There are, befides thefe, fome 
fmall plain cockles, limpets ; and fome ft rangers, who came 
into the Sound, wore necklaces of a fmall bluifli volute , or 
panamae. Many of the mufcles are a fpan in length; and 
fome having pretty large pearls ; which, however, are both 
badly fhaped and coloured. We may conclude, that there is 
red coral in the Sound, or fomewhere upon the coal!; fome 
thick pieces, or branches, having been feen in the canoes of 
the natives. 
1778. 
April. 
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