the Mariners sayd.  A maruellous thing to see how God prouided, so that in so wide a sea these fowles are all fat, and nothing wanteth them.  The Portugals haue named them all according to some propriety which they haue:  some they call Rushtailes, because their tailes be not proportionable to their bodies, but long and small like a rush, some forked tailes because they be very broad and forked, some Veluet sleeues, because they haue wings of the colour of veluet, and bowe them as a man boweth his elbow.  This bird is alwayes welcome, for he appeareth neerest the Cape.  I should neuer make an end if I should tell all particulars:  but it shall suffice briefly to touch a few, which yet shall be sufficient, if you marke them, to giue occasion to glorifie almighty God in his wonderfull works, and such variety in his creatures. [Sidenote:  Fishes on sea coast of Africa.] And to speake somewhat of fishes in all places of calme, especially in the burning Zone, neere the line (for without we neuer saw any) there waited on our ship fishes as long as a man, which they call Tuberones, they come to eat such things as from the shippe fall into the sea, not refusing men themselues if they light vpon them.  And if they finde any meat tied in the sea, they take it for theirs.  These haue waiting on them six or seuen small fishes (which neuer depart) with gardes blew and greene round about their bodies, like comely seruing men:  and they go two or three before him, and some on euery side.  Moreouer, they haue other fishes which cleaue alwayes vnto their body, and seeme to take such superfluities as grow about them, and they are sayd to enter into their bodies also to purge them if they need.  The Mariners in time past haue eaten of them, but since they haue seene them eate men their stomacks abhorre them.  Neuerthelesse, they draw them vp with great hooks, and kill of them as many as they can, thinking that they haue made a great reuenge.  There is another kind of fish as bigge almost as a herring, which hath wings and flieth, and they are together in great number.  These haue two enemies, the one in the sea, the other in the aire.  In the sea the fish which is called Albocore, as big as a Salmon, followeth them with great swiftnesse to take them.  This poore fish not being able to swim fast, for he hath no finnes, but swimmeth with moouing of his taile, shutting his wings, lifteth himselue aboue the water, and flieth not very hie:  the Albocore seeing that, although he haue no wings, yet he giueth a great leape out of the water, and sometimes catcheth him, or els he keepeth himselfe vnder the water going that way on as fast as he flieth.  And when the fish being weary of the aire, or thinking himselue out of danger, returneth into the water, the Albocore meeteth with him:  but sometimes his other enemy the sea-crow, catcheth him before he falleth. [Sidenote:  Note.] With these and like sights, but alwayes making our supplications to God for good weather and saluation of the ship, we came at length