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leave it was granted immediately, and a man-ser- 

 vant sent with me to assist in getting anything I 

 might want. I collected a few eggs and shot two 

 Eider Ducks, but there was nothing else that 

 I had not got already. The day before they had 

 killed twenty score of young Gulls on this holm j 

 this day they also killed twelve score, and might 

 have killed another twenty while we were there if 

 they had wished, for they were running in all di- 

 rections ; they are killed for the purpose of salting 

 and for the sake of the best of the feathers. We 

 returned to Mr. Trail's, who then kindly granted 

 me permission to visit the holm whenever I thought 

 proper, and after taking leave of our kind friend 

 we set sail for Pearaway. 



The next day we went out and shot some Eider 

 Ducks and two large seals ; the day following I went 

 to Nunse Castle, close to which there is a lough, 

 where the Brown-headed Gull and Red-necked 

 Phalerope breed ; the latter was very difficult 

 to be got at, as the lough was so very swampy that 

 it is impossible for any one to travel through it ; 

 I have frequently been up to my middle in such 

 bogs, but it is not pleasant going further. We re- 

 mained in this neighbourhood about a week and 

 then returned to Addy ; on our passage we saw 

 several Shearwaters, and shot two : we remained 



