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CHAPTER XL 



Sail for EngIand--CrownedHgeonBr«Sti%i^of iC>i!3rim^Bi(Qea 



Stralts—Zutplicn Islands — Escape and re-tnpHire of a 

 cromied pigeon— Death of one of those hinh — Dissection 

 — *!Pass the Cape of Good Hope— f mfe wealihcr— The 

 trumpet weed — Volcanic rocks — St. Helena — Butteiniilk 

 Point — Jameses Town — ^Ficus Religiosa— Over-population 

 6fjiatn«rs^ Town*— Visit to the kte retidence of Napoleon, 



On tbe 15^ of December, I smled from Stu- 

 gapore for England, baling m hmtd three 

 of those niagni€cent Inrds, the Crowned or 



Dampier's pigeons, tliu Cohtmha coronafa of 

 LinrieuSj which I took uiuler my care for iiiy 

 friend, T. Rawsoii, Esq., of Dulwich, The 

 hird is nearly as large as a turkey ; the body 

 is of a leaden hue ; seapulars ferragiiiou:^ 

 with a wliite band on each wing : the head is 

 adorned M'itli a crest of delicate and beautiful 

 feathers, expanded in a cresceutic form, which, 



