ge THE NATURAL HISTORY 
Man, a finall ifland in St. George’s Channel, be- 
tween England and Ireland; and in the Scilly 
_ iflands, which are a 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 veft 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 
fifh ; when they come back in the evening, their 
ftomachs are full of: the oil of the fifth that they 
have been eating, and they fpout it into the bills 
“of the young ones, to feed them. © They make 
their nefts in r a laa or in holes 1 in the 
ground, ake. 
The Giant Petrel is biowte da a Goote, 
 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 the failors with their fticks. 
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