XIX. 



IONA, 9th April 1853. 



THE day I had fixed for my departure was so stormy and 

 unpleasant that I put it off for another week. I send with this 

 a practical commentary on the Cormorant, which you will perhaps 



think rather rambling, but as it 



is the concluding letter of this 



series of our Ionian correspondence, I trust it ' will be looked 



upon with lenity. 



Last year there came under my observation a curious accident 

 which had happened to a Cormorant, and is perhaps worth 

 mentioning. The bird was shot by an old fisherman, and I saw 



