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gathered Cineraria palustris, but were in some doubt as to the 
identity of a mysterious bird, which was only the Common 
Redshank. Thus following the line of the Welsh coast, the 
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two naturalists wended their way to St. David’s Head, where 
one can suppose they viewed with longing eyes the wild 
aspect of Ramsey Island, but it is not stated that they 
crossed over. They, however, were not prevented from landing 
