ge THE NATURAL HISTORY 
Man, a fimall ifland in St. George’s Channel, be- 
tween England and Ireland; and in the Scilly 
iflands, which area little to the weft of Cornwal, 
and near the Englifh coaft. “The Shear Water’s 
head, the upper part of his body, “his wings, his 
tail, and thighs, are black ; and all the reft of the 
body white. This bird lays but one egg. ‘The 
young are taken in Auguft, and are killed, and 
falted, and put up in barrels ; and when they are 
‘to be cooked, they are boiled, and eaten with 
potatoes. All the day they are out at fea catching 
filh; when they come back in the evening, their 
ftomachs are full of the oil of the fifh that they 
have been eating, and they fpout it into the bills 
of the young ones,.to feed them. They make 
their nefts in rabbit er or in holes in the 
ground. 
The Giant Petrel is —_ dank a Goofe. 
Thefe Petrels are found near Terra del Fuego, 
which is the moft fouthern part of South America. 
They are often feen failing, with their wings ex- 
panded, but not feeming to move, clofe to the 
furface of the water. Captain Cook met with 
many of them in Kerguelen’s Land (which is 
very far fouth in the Indian Ocean) in December; 
and they were fo tame, that they fuffered them- 
felves to be killed by the failors with their fticks. 
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