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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



THE MANATI. 



(From U. S. Fish Commission Report.) 



easily seen. Its lips were thick and fleshy, and well covered with 

 stiff hairs. I promised the man a reward if he would bring me the 

 skull, but he failed to do so. When we reached the hotel we had 

 breakfast, after which I skinned the birds and the 'possum. 



We had intended to leave for La Guayra by the French steamer, 

 and take the Red " D " Line from that place on the 30th, but for- 

 tunately for us, the Eoyal Mail Steamer, the Derwent, was in port, 

 and would leave for Curagao on the next day, so we concluded to go 

 there instead, especially as we heard bad accounts of the state of 

 affairs in Venezuela due to the revolution. 



Late in the afternoon we went for a drive, and upon our return 



