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PARADISE BIRDS. 



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within twenty yards of nie. These are the moments when one is, 

 as a matter of couise 



entirely unprepaied 1 

 was climbing the face 

 of a little precipice ten 

 or twelve feet high, 

 liolding on with one 

 hand, and long befoie I 

 could get free the bud 

 had flown. It was — alas ' 

 the only chance I had 



during the rest | 



of our stay. On 

 (jur way l3ack to 

 Momoswecame 

 across a tree 

 with wonder- 

 fully-developed 

 aerial roots. 



THEE WITH AERIAL ROOTS, WAIGIOU. 



