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island. This gentleman told me that but a few days before he had 

 seen a barn-owl that was caught near the town (probably Strix 

 flammea bar gel, Hartert). He also told me that on the island of 

 Bonaire there were many flamingoes. It is to his enterprise that 

 the town owes the drawbridge across the harbor, its ice-machine, 

 and other improvements. Since my visit he has sunk five artesian 

 wells upon his place. Planter's Rust, the combined production of 

 which is 87,000 gallons of water of excellent quality per day. 

 This will prove a godsend to the island, as only those who have 

 been there can form an idea of the great importance of this water 

 supply. 



We made the Mona Passage on Sunday afternoon. On Tuesday 

 a turnstone flew around us several times and finally went off in the 

 direction of the Bermudas. On the following day a small warbler 

 lit on the upper deck among the life-boats, but I could not find it. 

 On Thursday we saw several schools of blackfish and a Avhale. 

 At sundown we saw the Barnegat Light, and about eleven o'clock 

 we came to anchor off quarantine. At half past eight on Friday 

 morning, August 5, we landed in Brooklyn, and our trip was at an 

 end. 



