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THE ALBATHOSS. 



Oil tho '2M of July, 1832, iu latitmie 40" Hi' 



south, longitude 46^ 45' an Allmiro^ was 

 hmk^ i imdL &hm% to hBMi 1% In, it<i liae 



(whicli was ont its whole leiiutli) acciduntally 

 slipped; the hird coiiscifucntly swallowed liook, 

 bait, and a portion of the line ; the rciiiaiiider 

 htiBg out from hia im^]^ about the 



lit tb# olkmi^ idth a long pdttit)£i ^of tike 

 tuae pending from thjfe Jbeak. This morning lie 

 was seen following* tlie sln]i, but the leuii'tli of 

 line which hung from his beak was now reiluced 

 to very ahoii dimensions : he had, probably by 

 gt^tdually sviK^MiHf , ^txm mditxied It; ¥mm 

 this bird being- tluis marked, w v have ascertained 

 that lie has followed the shiji for two days ; anrl 

 as wc have been sailing at the rate of two hun- 

 dred miles per day, (froja it^egtiteir flight 

 of this bird, tbeir actual flif lit lilay bfe correctly 

 quadrupled,) it has follow t'd us iti a diitel line 

 four liuiulred miles. How Iniig prt-x ionsly it bad 

 been about the sbip, or suhstHjUi-iitiy fuUuwt'd 

 it, we bad no nicaus of aseertaiuiug, as the fol- 

 fo^iug day none t)f the AlbatPoasjSi liMt^trfiig 

 pending fic^ the beak : our friend, no dbubt^ 

 having swallowed tbe wbole of it. 



Souietinies tbe bait w onbl attraet an Albatross, 

 cause him to aligbt, and sliakc it wiili bis 

 bwik ; hut, "pulling oil a kiln wing look/' llf* 



