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wright, in his Journal (1785), says : " The poor inhabitants 

 of Fogo Island make voyages there to load with birds and 

 eggs. When the water is smooth they make their shallops 

 fast by the shore, lay their gang-boards from the gunwale of 



the boat to the rocks, and then drive as many penguins on 

 board as she will hold, for the wings of these birds being 

 remarkably short they cannot fly. But it has been 

 customary for several crews of men to live all summer on 

 that island for the sole purpose of killing birds for the 

 sake of their feathers. The destruction they have made is 



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