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lofty -petikiid Crokatoa Island^ which was densely 



wod^edi &om the hm^ iio «be ^tiafmiiiti ^Ad^ bom 

 tKe very dose i^kw w tetd, dJspkjred «t Hoh and 

 beautiful a])|)c;iranco. 



On the ri()t!i of Doct-nibfr, \ve had the com- 

 menceineiiL of the south-oast trade, being then 

 m lat, ^^49" soitttij and long. 10 P W On 

 the 31«t of Becanbear^ I wm^ lost ©f Hie 

 Crowned pi(jeon,s, from some of the bamboos of the 

 cnni'e in wliich they were confined liavioo- been 

 broken. This accident was not perceived at the 

 time it oocnrred : was even fortunate that the 

 JAfd was 9eeE ^ e$6&|>0, andihe eants^ dideov^d, 

 previously tO the whole of them coming out- 

 The bird, now at liberty, <^nt upon one of the 

 quarter-boats ; and from the motion of tlie ship 

 throwing it occasionally nearly off its balance, I 



{mrhl m>mm^ ^mhigit ismt with 

 a w atery grave* As it stood rxj^m the edge of 



thv boat, surveying* the expansive ocean before 

 it. tln^ bird s('< mod, the vessc^I oavc an oc- 

 casional lurch, to )je in danger of falling into 

 the wavea^ ®r by mfe^ng the feid of m (bf « 

 lai^ pk^Hi^ iaiglaj^ We |dtinged itself iincon- 

 scionsly, into dcstrait^On : fortunately, however, 

 the second ofHeer of the ship succeeded in ca]> 

 turing and returning it to the cage it had for- 

 saken. A& the bird stood npon the boat, it had 



