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Nov.] whole night; the next morning they blew as on the preceding days. On the 6th they left us at 9° 6′ N. lat. 21° E. long.

The heat was now exceive, though the thermometer was only 23° above 0 of Reaumur's cale.

A bird, called by Buffon goeland noir (larus marinus, Linn.), having lighted upon one of the yards, ecaped from a ailor, who had climbed up the mat, in the very intant when he was about to eize it.

A prodigious number of bonitos followed us day and night; and it was a matter of great atonihment to us, that they were able to keep up with us o long without taking any ret.

The motteux of Buffon (motacilla amanthe, Linn.), fatigued with its long flight over the ea, lighted upon our veel, and uffered itelf to be taken.

We were becalmed for eventeen days in lat. 5° N. We afterwards had torms, followed by qualls, that varied from E.N.E. to S.S.W. having veered round by outh.

The tempet-bird (procellaria pelagica, Linn.) is not o ure an indication of a torm, but that its appearance is often followed by a calm of everal days duration. It was a pleaing ight to oberve thee little birds flying cloe to the tern of