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 derives a colour like that of blood; I have ometimes been engaged for a whole day in paing through the various ets of them.

The fih, common to this coat, are dolphins, and all thoe which inhabit tropical Latitudes; and in calm nights, there are een large hoals of mall fih which have the appearance of breakers. Of turtle, we aw none till we were North of Lima, they were of that kind called the loggerhead, and North of the Equator we found the hump-backed pecies on the urface of the water in great numbers. We frequently took out of the eals and porpoies large quantities of quid, which is the food of the permaceti whales, and at times we aw many devil-fih and un-fih, the latter of which proved an agreeable and wholeome addition to our daily fare.

All the birds which are uually een at ea in imilar Latitudes are to be found on this coat. There are alo the Port Egmont hen and albatros, which are generally uppoed to be the contant inhabitants of colder climates.