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it moved upon the fur face of the watef^ 

 in a fort of half flyings half running mo« 

 tioil. But we were not fo fuccefsful in 

 our endeavours by land j for though we 

 foilietimes got pretty far into the woods, 

 we uitt with very few birds in all our 

 walks. We never faw but three wood- 

 cocks, tv^o of which were killed by Mr. 

 Hamilton, and one by myfelf, Thefe, 

 with fome humming-birds, and a large 

 kind of robin i-edbreaft, were the 

 only feathered inhabitants of this 

 ifland, excepting a fmall bird with two 

 very long feathers in his tail, which 

 was generally feen amongfc the rockSj 

 and was fo taitie, that I have had them 

 reft upon my flidulder whilft I have 

 been gathering (hell- fifli. Indeed, we 

 were vifited by many birds of prey, 

 fome very large; but thefe only occafion- 

 ally, and, as we imagined, allured by 

 fome dead whale in the neighbourhood, 

 which was once feen. However, if we 



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