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chap , the gills of the fiiark, bat to diredl it to its prey, from
< which Angularity originates its name.
On the ift of May,- being, exactly one month at fea,.
during which time, by way [of making a trial, I had. con-,
tinued bare-footed and bare-headed, without catching
cold; I this day, for the firft time, not only drefied like,
my fhip-mates, but wore every thing double, and feme
things triple, which I found exceediu gl-y com for table.
About this time a Mr. Neyfeus,. one of our furgeons,
having on board a crabbodago or grijjhn (whofe ferocity
I have already defcribed) to carry home as a curio fity, the
mifchievous creature broke loofe, and in one night murdered
all the monkies, parrots,. poultry, and o.thêr animals
that were upon deck/ ^hile it drove the
crew who had the watch down the hatchway ;,. tijl Tnrki 1 y •
one o f them with a hand-fpike knocked out his brains«
On the 3d, W; had hard gales and heavy fhowers at
S, E. Latitude, about 40°. From this time t & ^ l e d^ly
encreafed, till the ninth, when the weather, began to mo~-
derate.
We now faw feveral porpoifes,.herring-gulls, 8tc. The
firft, is a fifti about five or fix feet long, exceffively fat,,
of a bluilh black colour, and without fcales ;, the head
has fmall eyes, and no gills, but a long fnout,. and fharp-
teeth. The fins are but one dorfal, and two. ventral, and
the tail is horizontal, to enable it to leap above the water,
which it does frequently to blow or breathe, at which
time its fnorting may be héard at a great dift an ce. The
flefh
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flefh of the porpoife when killed is red, arid looks like
feme kinds of pork. 1
The herring-gull is a bird as large as'a tame duck, perfectly
white, part of the beak and prime feathers excepted,
which are of a dark alh-colour; the eyes are grey, the
bill and feet are yellow; the claws are^ black, and the
length of its wings is between four and five feet, from
the extremity of the one to the other.
On the 13th, in the morning-watch, being not far from
the Azores or Weftern I lies, the vefiel was nearly laid on
her .beam-ends, though then under double-reefed top-
fails, by a hidden fquall at El At this time a broken top-
gallant-maft, a newhand-fpike* See*, floated paft the fhip,
the melancholy remains of a fhipwTeck, which we fince
were informed to' be a Dutch homeward - bound Eaft
Indiamah, that had foundered with all the crew near the
ifland of -Ter c dr a.
On the 14th the wind was violent, carrying away our
fore-top-gallant-maft, and fplitting the main-fail, while
the other vefiel loft her bowfprit, See.; arid on the. evening
of the 15th it blew a perfect ftorm, accompanied with,
thunder and lightening, and very heavy rain, which con-,
tinued during the night, and which brought our maintop
malt by the board,-while the •fhip’s,';; crew Were’ fo
very much reduced as to be.hardly able to clear the’
wreck, in which I cheerfully affifted/ by.cutting away
with a hatchet. ;
The two ■'followingflays we continued fcudding before
3 D 2 the