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II ess of daiig'cr di^;played by tlieiu on our ap- 

 proacli ; tUey never showed the least dispositiou 

 to tame mt olir way i evfen ^hen kicked^ or 

 pulled off tlieir nests, tliey nvM]v not the smallest 

 sliow of resistance ; tint quietly returned to their 

 post, or stood still until we passed on. 



Their plumage is of the finest order, copious, 

 and; tbtmt the ^ighie^ sta lit. Th^j ^eat 



dlSle'U^' in getting on wing, smiS Xmst run 

 twenty or thirty yards along the gvounrl with 

 expanded wings, before lliey can get fairly under 

 ^^■ay . We had the curiosity to take one of them 

 by the ])oiilt 6f tlie wings and fling it ov^r the 

 Toek ; yet, though it sef^al hundred feet 

 of a clear fall, it never recovered itself, but 

 dr()p|>ed down like a stoue. On this account, 

 wlien not engaged with their young, tliey usually 

 ml Upon ifce edge of the precipice* ttOtH whtelt 

 titejr eaii&tixidlilt tme into tlie ^|rt md oit mter- 

 ing again upon that difficult part of our route, we 

 had to kick npwaTvIs of a dozen of them to the 

 right and left of us before we could get on." 



It is almost distance these birds 



^1 &f i il9ci$ im hm& ns^tedly ikBoeiflaiEed hy 

 marking birds that had been captured, and then 

 suffering them again to be at liberty j watching 

 how long they remain constant about the ship ; 

 they follow the vessels for the sak^ <rf ofki^ 



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