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boiif on board, by iiring at theui as they 

 fly atout ihB Mp^ fh^s* IM^ ■'^itiMatiga- 

 bles," as pome are pleased to term tliem, are too 

 often doomed to lu-coine tin- sulyects of this mur' 

 ih^roii> fi|KiTt. Often and often, with broken 

 wings, they are left to linger on the wide ex- 

 pmm wit€ig, lanable to proe^e any food 

 but that wlddt my inecidetttally passr ^aoa ; 

 bufFetted abont by the >vaves, and helpless in 

 them^selves, thvy linger ont a niiseralde existence, 

 until dcatli puts a period to their misery. It is 

 ^viMng to ^e feeiti^ to $€e thm beaii;^$il 

 aoA uiitoe^t bMis destroyed, solely to 



gratify tlie inclination to destroy. 



In latitnde 30^^25' sontb, hnifi-itudc 5" 18' west, 

 in July, 1832, the D. fuilymosa^ or Sooty 

 Albatross, was first seen flying ab<^ liflip;| 

 bifeed In trninb^ m Iskndi of 



Tristan d'Acnnba. The greatest number I ever 

 saw of tills species about the ship, was during 

 strong breezes on tlie 30th of July, wliich were 

 attributed to tlie vicinity of St* PauFs and Am- 

 slefd^ l$^dd^ about wbloli M9xid$ I 

 always tm^'k&i thid spei^ies of AHnti^oss to pti^ 

 dominate : there were a few resembling Clilo- 

 rfUTuehus amongst them. We had seen the 

 fulhj'uwsa very rarely since we had arrived at the 



