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eastwai'd of the Cape, four or live at the utmust 

 only being visible | the test two or three days 

 mtiifemm&m^f ilie ki*g@ white 



Sp^^tliaviiig disappeared for some time ; but 

 on approaching the islands ])eforc rncntionod, 

 their nuinljcrs increased, although we did not 

 see the islands. As we approached towards 

 King^s folniidi «ttte^tjatitee of Bass's Straits, 

 tbis ipeaies bad forsaken m, These birds, 

 as well as all the Albatross genus, Ca|>e 

 Petrels, and other birds, follow the sliii) dur- 

 ing the whole of the nigiit, reposing for a 

 fibort period on liie water^ wiMh podiim 

 tbey bat^ been; f^i^s^ ehm by sMp&^ rijii^ 

 like a duck on the water, but they seldom re- 

 main long on the waves, usually alighting for 

 foodj and soon resume their flight. 



tb€8e birds fbllmred tbe «bi|)> dtxrlng^ tbd tdg%% 

 and the result of those ob^^^tions was a 



decision in the affirmative, as marked birds 

 have Ijccn seen about the ship for days tooetlu'r, 

 when the strong gales bai^e carried the vessel at 

 ^ Isily rapid tm Ibfdn^ tbe wat^. I bave 

 occasionally, th0 Gftpe Petrels and Alba- 

 trosses flying near the stern of tlie vessel as late 

 asf midnight ; and it is not unusual to hear the 



