î4 N A B R A T I V E O F 1 A' H
G H AjP. quently, foundon board, vefîels, ahîh flicking" in the
^ T , fhrouds, Which is: probâblyfAo b'e ï^fcribed,, flot) accordé
ing to, the -opinion ' o fl feme,: rton'heir/:feekihg - a:.; refuge
there'from the attacks! of fifli or fiea-birds,^but Amply” to
their flight being obftmaied-by an ofogie^'hïhich, as’they
always fly in a direct line, theyffia\fe not the power to*
fgVdid. T h e fate of this Animal feems^eciiliarlyi^everej
as dt is the prey both o f the fcaiyand feathered cÈéatihn, ,
and frequently meets;its-doom in -thgfSèlemenÆÎitoMyhich
but a moment before.it had;com mittedt itfelf for protecw
tibn. •
'■ Recoming extremely low-fpirîted. towards A-thejttièféteif
^onr yoyàgey now had rfecdurfe to dafly fea=bat'lflflg^nd-
to a cheafmg glafs of claret, two ankers' of twhich hadl
been provided fornaqh officer, mflependafttby b'fl hi&foWh
flock. Thefe means proved efficaeious, and I foundmy-'
felf in a few days perfectly „recovered from ffif çbfû^ï,
plaint. .On the 30th the weather-became hazy^ftyhen 'the- :
ffiips brought-to and hove the lead in thirteen -fathom:
foul water. The following day-wepaffitt JevéralTargè
blade rocks to windward, called the ConJiableSy\ixM c'âfl
anchor near the Euripke, or Devil% I/lands,roS th e coâft'
Of South America. The Euripipe- Iflanls are "fithated
about twenty-four miles from the French feulement of
Cayenne, bearing N. N. W. in north latitude, five degrees
twenty minutes, and confift of a ridge'of fin all1 ùn-
inhahited and very dangerous rocks for flopping. Here ’•
the current runs conflantly from the -S. E. to the N. W.
at. the rate of fixty Englifh miles in twenty-four hptÿsV
confequehtly
E X P ET>I T I O N TO S U RINAM.
confeqpently eyefy ^yyflfil:'which happens to pafs the
spyouth qf jthe ,river* Spriflam. muft make, a .confiderable
circuit. int<prflec to regain- the. poffibility of entering that
Whflel w^ejrnainediintthis- fituatipn; w.e obferved the
« ^ r^ ^M rA e a ip n i^ rn , pd^on^ or two large turtles,
flqatpgt , thp.Jhip’s.f. fld.e. , The , former of thefe is a
large fifb, and yery< diftinguifhable b y ^ lopg fpiral exr
crefgpnc.e,on its <nq£e,,.lik^a «tapering .twitted rope. The
one yyeVaw.atflfis time fthpflgh fome are Paid ;to be forty
or, fifty) appeaged, but flaflr; edght feet in length, and fls
hp&n about:four, wji.iph yyeagon i,s, dreadfully oflenfive to
efpecially tq the whale ^ jp ^w h e n polilhed
(eit^er^in hardneMbr,, ^hiter^fsifs conficfered not to be
-«inferior tqiydyOry . The; narwhal,,which is, qf-. the! cetaceous.
kifld) ^ n d qqnlqqnentfi^pyiparous, is more frequently
fpund.;in .yqid;than .warm climates. ; The female
is faid to be flnprpyi|le,d ;,with. that < protuberance fo re-
markaUq.in the male.1 Ip appears, tbat.fome authors,have
- confounded (tla|svar\imal ,yflth the p w r $ tp which
hpvyever it;dp^j^Qt'.proyev tp^hayp «he very irnalleft re-
femblance. . ,
Another animal, which is called the carries alfo
aq oflenfive.,weapon. The. projecting bone of this is
three or . four feet long, flat,. arid both fides armed with
ftrong fharp- pointed fpik.es, which give it fomewhat the
form of a faw..; this faw, which is covered over with
the fame rough, flimy, darkifh-coloured fkin that covers
. rV . ' the