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it moved upon the fur face of the water, 

 in a fort of half flying, half running mo- 

 tion. But we were not fo fuccefsful in 

 our endeavours by land ; for though we 

 fometimes got pretty far into the woods, 

 we met with very few birds in all our 

 walks. We never faw but three wood- 

 cocks, two of which were killed by Mr. 

 Hamilton, and one by myfelf. Thefe, 

 with fonie humming-birds, and a large 







kind of robin redbreaft, were the 

 only feathered inhabitants of this 

 illand, excepting a fmall bird with twd 

 Very long feathers in his tail, which 

 was generally feen amongft the rocks, 

 and was fo tame, that I have had them 

 reft upon my flioulder wliilfl I have 

 been gathering (hell- fi(h. Indeed, we 

 were vifited by many birds of prey, 

 fome very large; but thcfe only occafion- 

 ally, and, as we imagined, allured by 

 fome dead whale in the neighbourhood, 

 Vrhich was once feen* However, if we 



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