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Perhaps the best testimonial he could bring, when 

 he applied for his position as Bird School-teacher, 

 would be the following record taken from the wing 

 of an Albatross which the captain of a sailing vessel 

 had caught : 



"'December 8th, 1847. Ship Euphrates, Edwards, New Bed- 

 ford, 16 months out. . . . Lat. 43° 00' South. Long. 148° 40' 

 West. Thick, foggy, with rain.' 



'• On the opposite side it reads : ' This was taken from the neck 

 of a Goney [Albatross], on the coast of Chili, by Hiram Luther, 

 Dec. 20th, 1847. In Lat. 45° 50' South. Long. 78° 27' West. 

 Taken out of a small bottle tied round the bird's neck.' 



"The shortest distance between Capt. Edwards's position, 

 about 800 miles east of New Zealand, and Capt. Luther's position 

 off the coast of Chili in the vicinity of Juan Fernandez, is about 

 3400 miles. The bird, therefore, covered at least this distance in 

 the twelve days which intervened between its release and capture.'' 



