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upon the flat sand, from which it could not raise 

 itself to take flight. While the drawing was 

 making, it sat under a table trimming its feathers, 

 and appeared perfectly at ease, and not the least 

 alarmed at the peeping curiosity of the children 

 who surrounded it. When this business was 

 finished, it was taken and set down upon an 

 open part of the shore, where it immediately 

 began to waddle towards the water, with the 

 whole leg and foot extended on the ground; and 

 as soon as it reached its beloved element, it flapped 

 its wings, darted through the surge, dived, and 

 disappeared. 



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