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Oct.] our fihermen, was a very fine dorado (coryphæna hyppurus). This was ufficient to put the whole crew in motion; but the fiherman had the mortification of finding only a part of its gills upon his hook, as he had drawn the line too hatily.

Since our departure from Teneriffe the wind had blown pretty teadily from the N.E. point.

A wallow of the common pecies (hirundo rutica), undoubtedly lately come from Europe, followed us for ome time, without lighting upon the veel; but oon directed its flight right towards the African coat, where it was ure of finding the inects on which it feeds. We were now about 28° N. lat. 22° 30′ E. long.

As there was very little wind, we oberved a great number of the medua caravela floating upon the urface of the water. This plant hould not be touched unguardedly, as, like many other kinds of ea-nettles, it raies bliters upon the hand, that afterwards become very painful.

The pecies of remora, known by the name of echineis remora, generally follows the hark, as it finds ufficient nourihment in the excrements of that voracious fih. It does not, however, attach itelf o excluively to the hark as not to follow other large fihes alo, and even veels, to which it fixes itelf when it is fatigued with wimming. It