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seen during fine weather, but about the middle of 

 last May (1849) the sea being perfectly calm, 

 with a gentle breeze off the land, Mr. Swaysland 

 met with a party of storm petrels about a mile 

 from the shore, opposite Brighton, and succeeded 

 in shooting five of them. However much it may 

 appear to be " at home" during a storm when far 

 from the land, and with plenty of sea-room and 

 I have myself seen it under such circumstances in 

 the Bay of Biscay, as well as off the western coast 

 of Ireland it would certainly seem to be " all 

 abroad" when driven from its favourite element 

 by a sudden tempest, or by those severe and pro- 

 tracted gales which occur at the period of the 

 autumnal equinox. 



FINIS. 



Edward Newman, Printer, 9, Devonshire Street, Bishopsgate. 



