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crickets, all of which must have been brought 

 there by vessels, while many others had drifted 

 in or were blown there by the wind. On all the 



keys a species of 

 walking; - stick was 

 found. Scorpions 



lived on Loggerhead, 

 and, according to 

 Long John, a white 

 variety. Many of the 

 Northern and South- 

 ern birds stopped at 

 the island during mi- 

 gration — cranes, cur- 

 lews, and occasional 

 flamingoes, flocks of 

 butcher birds and nund >ers of beautiful fly-catch- 

 ers, rail, gallinules, and one day the mangrove 

 and cocoanut trees in the fort were the resting 

 place for numerous cuckoos. Many of these 

 birds were caught, and a tame gallinule, several 

 rail, two or three pelicans and herons were 

 added to the list of pets, while the rabbits — 

 old Bon and Bess — they had brought from New 



■Walking-stick. 



