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breeze caused so much swell outside Castle Harbour, as to 
render the attempt unsafe. 
On or about the Ist of August, in the same year, Mr. 
Salton Smith, of St. George’s, kindly undertook, at my sug- 
gestion, to visit the Black Rock, with the view of obtaining 
specimens of the Cahow. The following account of his 
proceedings I extract from my notes. 
“He tells me, that on the occasion alluded to, the sea 
was rougher than he anticipated, and that he had some diffi- 
culty in landing a boy upon the rock. This, however, he 
succeeded in doing with the dingy, and the boy twice 
returned with specimens of young sea birds, consisting of 
about a dozen “redshanks,” (terns,) and two cahows, all 
which were safely got on board the dingy. He then went 
for eggs, and returned with some dozens in the fold of his 
shirt; with these he attempted to jump into the frail bark 
as it rose upon a sea, but missing his footing, fell into the 
water, and was in danger of being drowned. Mr. Smith, 
in his endeavours to save the boy, was carried on the rock, 
the dingy was upset, and stove, and the whole of the 
specimens and eggs lost. How the parties got back to 
their sail boat I did not learn, but they did so, in safety. 
Mr. Smith describes these cahows as being two beautiful 
birds, one of them in particular, which he took to be a 
male. They were about the size of a common duck, white 
below, and mottled with dark colour about the head and 
upper parts of the body. The two were found together in 
the same hole; the old birds were not seen. This is the 
full extent of the information gained upon this occasion. 
On the 17th of May, 1849, Captains Orde, and McLeod 
(42nd Highlanders), visited the Black Rock. They landed 
