THK ALBATROSS. 



arr raiKiMe ol' %ing', set^iiis aliitnst inrrcdiUlo, 

 nlrlioiioli ortou ascertained fiv liirds lifivino- 

 l)een cauglit, marked, and again set at liberty. 

 When seiaslng an obj6<ji floatmg m the mtet, 

 thfey girftdually deecend tsitli e^qmded m up- 

 raised wings, nr sometimes alight, and "fl^flit 

 like a duek on the water, while (h^-onring 

 tkeir tbotl ; then, elevating tliemoelves, they 

 ^fcM tibe iwekat ib^ witii £|xpanded 



wingSi iBi^ti^t ImpiilM, (ad tiii^ gmt 



length of their wings prevents their rising 

 with facility from a h-vcl surface,) as they 

 run along for some distance, until they again 

 soar in mid-air, and recommence their erratic 

 iigte. It k inter^at^ng to vimr ihmi dutliig 

 "boisterous weather, flying with, and even 

 against, the wind, seeniing the gayest uF the 

 gay'' in the midst of howling winds and foaming 

 waves. 



To -wmk the IHf M of thi^ Urds nsed td 



aOord me much amusemont ; — eommenciiig with, 

 the difhenlty experieneed by them in tdevat- 

 iii*>' themselvi's from tlie water. To rtfeet this 

 object, they spread their long [linious to the ut- 

 most, giviiig them repeated impulses m they rnii 

 ^Xig i^%$mbG^0i^Bmi/^htBOme distance. 

 Having, by tlu'se exerti{>n>, raised tliemselvcs 

 ahnve I lie wave, tliey iiseend and descend, and 

 (th'ave the atmosphen? in various directions, witli- 



