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CHAPTER III. 



BIRD ROCKS. 



I HAD heard such fabulous stories regarding the numbers 

 of birds that frequent the Bird Rocks that I determined on 

 visiting them ; so one morning, having a fair wind, we started, 

 taking with us our man of all work, " Metrick," and the owner 

 and captain of the little craft by courtesy called a boat. 



The "Rocks" are situated about twelve miles to the north- 

 east of Byron Island, and can only be visited during very 

 calm weather, as otherwise it would be impossible to land. 



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