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estimate of the real object of the wedding-present 

 folks was correct. 



Whilst we were about on the different islands 

 with the men, those who took anything to drink 

 in the shape of milk or whey with them in the 

 boat gave us freely of their beverage if our own 

 supply ran short; and after they came to know 



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what manner of man I was, some of them would 

 not accept anything for specimen birds which they 

 caught for me. Again, on the morning of my 

 departure from the island, I was rowed to the 

 steamer in the local boat along with a number 

 of excursionists who had been paying a hurried 

 visit ashore. When we got midway betwixt the 

 land and the vessel, one of the St. Kildan rowers 

 took off his bonnet and began to make a collection, 

 as payment for the boat and men. I was putting 

 a shilling into the hat when the man stopped me 



