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difficulty in understanding him when he found one ; 

 he would stand close to the place wagging his tail, 

 and looking towards us in the most significant man- 

 ner. We returned to Scallaway very late at night, 

 but as I was particularly anxious to be at Lerwick I 

 determined to set off thither immediately. The two 

 men I had brought with me were so fatigued that 

 the}* were obliged to remain at Scallaway; I there- 

 fore engaged another man to accompany me, and to 

 carry part of my luggage : we arrived at Lerwick 

 at two o'clock in the morning very much fatigued. 

 It occupied me two days in skinning and prepar- 

 ing the specimens I had obtained on my last ex- 

 pedition, and there not being any ship in the har- 

 bour bound for Hull, I determined upon waiting 

 for one, several being daily expected. To spend 

 the time therefore as profitably as possible, on the 

 second of August I set off again for Scallaway, 

 leaving word that if any of the fishing-ships should 

 arrive in my absence notice was to be sent me. I 

 got several more Stormy Petrels, and one young 

 one. The day was excessively hot, and I was in- 

 formed the glass stood higher in the shade this 

 day than had been known for many years previ- 

 ously. In returning to Lerwick at night, the fog 

 was so dense that for some time I lost myself 

 amongst the hills, in consequence of not having 

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