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beautiful little ' Zara,' a sailing vessel of some 

 three hundred tons (once the property of Sir 

 Allen Young), and in more recent years in the 

 steam yacht ' Glowworm.' The sea in itself, the 

 bird life that haunts the ocean, and the skill 

 necessary to the handling of ships — all these 

 things interested a man who, with a few ex- 

 ceptions, was interested in everything. He 

 kept a daily log on board his yacht, and picked 

 up odds and ends of marine knowledge from 

 ' sea-dogs ' of any nation with whom he hap- 

 pened to be thrown in contact. His combined 

 love of sport and natural history sent him at 

 once ashore at a fresh port, in search of any- 

 one who could give him the information he 

 required. 



The following is a characteristic extract from 

 a diary kept in Andalusia on his last visit to 

 Spain in the ' Glowworm ' : 



' March 30, 1883. — Heavy showers early, but 

 the sun came out fine and bright about seven. 

 We started up the Brazo del Este, and found 

 that Perico had a fine and dry position for me 

 near the bank on left side, and that there were 

 great troops of bustards in sight out in the 



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