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K-lee K-lee. They were tamer on St. Croix, where the 

 surroundings were more in keepini^- with their plumage. 

 The steam back to Port EHzabeth could not be 

 called, by any stretch of imagination, enjoyable, nor 

 was the fact of being cooped up in a very small cabin 

 calculated to improve the position, decked out as I was 

 in a coat that did not belong to me and smelt strongly 

 of fish. In due time the rain ceased, and when we 

 were able to quit our shelter, I was relieved to find 

 that the masts of the shipping outside Port Elizabeth 

 were just visible, lit up by a pale streak of sunlight in 

 the midst of the storniy surroundings. 



THE END. 



