'I divided it,' says Bligh, 'with its entrails, into eighteen portions, and by a well-known method at sea, of "_Who shall have this ?_"[9] it was distributed, with the allowance of bread and water for dinner, and eaten up, bones and all, with salt water for sauce.

In the evening, several boobies flying very near to us, we had the good fortune to catch one of them.

This bird is as large as a duck.

They are the most presumptive proof of being near land, of any sea-fowl we are acquainted with.

I directed the bird to be killed for supper, and the blood to be given to three of the people who were the most distressed for want of food.