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when placed on deck. The gentlest surge of the vessel sends 

 them sprawling into the scuppers and after a few moments aboard 

 they become miserably sea-sick. An astonishing thing about 

 them is that they do not seem to be able to fly from the deck. 

 Like a sea-plane, they require a long stretch of water as a "take- 



A "Gooney" ok Black-footed Albatross 



These birds are comical when placed on deck, in which case they are unable to "take- 

 off" and become miserably sea-sick. 



off." They are easily caught with a strong fish-line to which is 

 attached a triangle cut from a kerosene tin. A piece of bacon 

 or pork is tied to one side of the triangle and when the bird pecks 

 at it a steady pull of the line catches him by his curved beak and 

 he is hauled aboard without injury. 



