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I am welcomed with the greatest kindness by the di- 

 rector of the Jente Grande Company and at luncheon see 

 the whole houseparty. 



In the afternoon 2000 sheep must be shipped. 



This is done by driving them in small parties onto a 

 narrow bridge which ends on the vessel. At the place 

 where the bridge reaches the vessel the hurdles which 

 border the bridge are so near each other that only one 

 sheep can pass at the time. In this way it is possible to 

 count the sheep and to put them in the prepared divisions 

 which will hold 6 sheep each. 



The difficulty is to get one or more sheep to put foot 

 on the bridge but this achieved the others follow in the 

 proverbial way so that a continuous stream of sheep flows 

 into the ship. 



The poor creatures will cross the straits to Rio-Secco to 

 be all slaughtered next morning ! Next morning I bestride 

 a horse and under the kind guidance of Mr. Aylwin set 

 out to see as much of the birds around Jente Grande as 

 possible. 



The first thing in the way of birds I see that day are 

 large flocks of Buddy Headed Geese {Chloëphaga ruhidieeps 

 Scl.) or „Brent" as they call them there. 



The birds are grazing on the grass not a hundred yards 

 away from the house and only take wing when I get 

 quite near them to alight a hundred yards further on. 



These birds, contrary to the Upland Geese (Chi. dis2)ar) 

 which are residents on Tierre del Fuego, are summer visitors 

 to the country. At the time of my visit (beginning of April) 

 they had gathered into flocks previous to their emigrating 

 and would do this probably in a few days. 



I was told that Chi. poliocephala who is a scarce breeder 

 and summer visitor in the country sometimes associates 

 with the Buddy Headed Geese in these flocks, but I have 

 myself not seen a single specimen of this goose on Fireland. 



Proceeding on our ride we came to a large but apparently 

 very shallow lagoon with flat margins (some of the lagoons 

 are sweet and some are salt). 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum, Vol. XXXV. 



