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become quite tame. He sometimes disappears for several 

 days ; I saw him this afternoon sitting on the top of one 

 of the chimneys of the Vicarage. He does not seem 

 specially to affect the little pond." 



At Sea 



" November ith. It fell calm early, so we got 

 up steam and proceeded easily all day. Very fine 

 and much warmer. We saw a great quantity of two 

 species of porpoise, one of which Calmadv * shot dead 

 with a No. 4 cartridge, but though we went about to 

 pick him up, we could not find him, and I presume he 

 sank. I shot a large shearwater. Saw large numbers of 

 sea birds — gannets, gulls, shearwaters, guillemots, and two 

 small dark-coloured skuas. 



" A migrating fieldfare, very tired, flew around us- 

 several times, but would not come aboard." 



At Sea and Gironde 



" November %th. A good many lesser black-backed 

 gulls and laughing gulls in the Gironde. Saw one 

 flock of wigeon ; also crows, and some small birds, larks- 

 or pipits, crossing the river." 



Pauillac 



" November ()th. Went ofi^ in the cutter to the- 

 other side of the river, where we saw some mud 



* The Captain. 



