^ ¿ \ hue. They were moftly of the form of a necklace (nton'tli- formes,) and at that time were probably driven together in fo great numbers by the ftorm; fo that the great quantities of maarjken, ferve to give a itill greater degree o f credit to my conjecture. A fmall corner only of the fea, viz, Stable-bay, at this time afforded nouriihment to more animals at once, than perhaps are to be found on the whole face of the earth. This opened to me a door, i f I may be allowed the expreffion, to nature’s copious ftorehoufe in the deep ; fo that at one hafty view I could get a glimpfe o f that amazing fuperfluity, which feeds millions of fifties, and at the fame time lines the infide o f the whale, that great Coloflus o f the deep, with that oily fatnefs, with which it abounds. It may from hence be readily concluded, that it was thefe infeCts that the fat fea-iions and feals, diving and amphibious fowls, many kinds o f albatrofles, (diomedeoe) procellaria, together with fea-gulls o f all forts, were in quell: of, when I faw thefe latter fo afliduoufly hunting about near the Cape, and in the South Sea. On the 12th of April we got fight o f the Cape, and came the fame day to anchor in Table-bay. C H A P. C H A P. II. R e s i d e n c e a t t h e C a p e o f G o o d H o p e t i l l t h e A u t h o r ’ s V o y a g e t o t h e S o u t h S e a . S E C T . I. Refidence at Cape 'town. n p H E Cape is ufually mentioned in too high terms JL by fea-faring men; particularly by fuch as have been there only for a ihort time. The reaion probably is, that people, who are weary of a long and tedious voyage o f feveral months duration, are ufually enchanted with the firft fpot of earth they fet foot upon, o f which they afterwards make their reports according to the imprefiion it firft made upon them. This is fo much more likely to happen with refpeCt to the Cape, as fea-faring men are feldom ufed to ftay there long enough to be weary o f it. On the contrary, however, it is not unufual for failors to pine and grow unhappy even here, after being fome months- on ihore, and to long to go to fea again. I have been informed by 1772. March.
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