derives a colour like that of blood; I have ſometimes been engaged for a whole day in paſſing through the various ſets of them.
The fiſh, common to this coaſt, are dolphins, and all thoſe which inhabit tropical Latitudes; and in calm nights, there are ſeen large ſhoals of ſmall fiſh which have the appearance of breakers. Of turtle, we ſaw none till we were North of Lima, they were of that kind called the loggerhead, and North of the Equator we found the hump-backed ſpecies on the ſurface of the water in great numbers. We frequently took out of the ſeals and porpoiſes large quantities of ſquid, which is the food of the ſpermaceti whales, and at times we ſaw many devil-fiſh and ſun-fiſh, the latter of which proved an agreeable and wholeſome addition to our daily fare.
All the birds which are uſually ſeen at ſea in ſimilar Latitudes are to be found on this coaſt. There are alſo the Port Egmont hen and albatroſs, which are generally ſuppoſed to be the conſtant inhabitants of colder climates.
