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shelter as a h\<y C'al)ba<»e-.stalk, witli my waterproof o\cr liis 

 arm. It was no i>'ood to me, as I was already soaked to 

 the skill, and was, ])esides, too husv to i><) for it, so I 

 shouted to him to ])ut it on himself; but when we finally 

 returned to the yaeht, lie slli^ered and sliook and looked 

 such a ])i('ture of utter misery tliat I liad to get him 



Nest of Purple Heron {Ardca purpurea). 



a stiff " q-o " of brandy to put a little life into him again. 

 \Miile engaged in the thick of this storm. I was sur- 

 prised and disgusted to hnd myself hailed from behind, 

 and. turning, saw two mounted keepers with guns 

 sliouting to me. On showing them, however, a letter 

 from their employers, they said no more — though, as it 



