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It is pleasing tu ultscrvc this snpcrh Inrtl sailing 

 in tlio air in oTacrful am! rh^oant irHjVcnicnts, 

 seciiiiiigly fxcitt'd by sonic invisible power, lor 

 there is rarely any mm^&mut of tfee wings seen, 



the vvcntwrc elevates itself in the air ; rising and 

 falling a> if some eoneealeil jxtwor g'nidccl it? vari- 

 ous motiims, without imy muscular exertion of 

 its^<&wii ; and then descending sweeps th^e aft^Ibfse. 



manner, as if it were " inonai^ ttf diU it mt~ 



\ pye(1/' It is from the very little ninsenlar ex- 

 ertion used by these birds, that tiiey are ea- 

 pnhlei d£ sustaining such long flights without 

 repose. 



When thi'sf ( h'^ aiit liirds are captured, and 

 broujilit on board, their sleek, delicate and clean 

 plumage is a subject of much admiration ; and 

 the fine snow-wliite down which remains after 

 the removal of the outer feaOiiers, in T^quMfion 

 among ladies for nniffis^ tippets, ikv, Tlie large 

 species of albatross measures from eight to four- 

 t(H'n fret. 1 liave even beard it asserttd, that speci- 

 mens have been shot of this species, the expanded 

 wings of whieh measia^^di tmsitf htt mt0is& ; hut 

 the greatest spread I fetv^e ^6$% Ms heen hm-- 

 teen f^ct*"^ The iittm^tud^ dy^m& l^ese birds 



^ The other specti ^- I liau .seUl<iiii known to Ifneltture nwre 

 lhaa eiglit ieel across the expaiuled wings. 



