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us. The island contains about two hundred acres, is 

 very well wooded, and yields a large quantity of 

 hay, and little else besides, except a few potatoes. 

 The road which we pursued was extremely wet and 

 muddy, but my long fishermans boots, made me at 

 home there. Our party consisting of eight, killed 

 twelve gulls, but found only one or two eggs. We 

 were too early for these birds generally had not 

 commenced laying, and if we had waited three 

 weeks or a month, we should have found eggs in 

 abundance, and the birds much less shy. We ram- 

 bled about six hours or more, and then returning to 

 the vessel, we enjoyed very much the food set be- 

 fore us. After dinner John and myself went to work 

 to skin the birds and this task having been per- 

 formed, principally however by John, for as yet I 

 am not very expert at the business, we went on 

 shore, it being eight o'clock, to enjoy the fresh air, 

 and to meet Mr. A. who with the Captain of the 

 cutter, went on shore after dinner, to ramble round, 

 and to pay their respects to the governor. To the 

 governor's .house,; accordingly, we proceeded, and 

 there we found our party, having taken tea, and 

 passed the evening there. Mr. Frankland is an old 

 man, a native of Yorkshire in England, whence he 

 came to this island some fourty odd years ago. He 

 retains the Yorkshire dialect, so that you would 

 know whence he came talking with him five minutes. 

 He is an intelligent, kind hearted old farmer, and I 

 was desirous to see more of him than I had oppor- 

 tunity. He was very hospitable to us, and his two 

 sons accompanied us on board our vessel, to serve 

 as guides to two collections of islands, called the 

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