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it. Before the rock which forms the sea-» 
coast stands a long rock, resembling a 
wall, which raises to the height of twelve 
hundred feet, so that it is almost equal in 
height to the coast itself, the bottom of 
this rockey wall, which throws out many 
projections, is almost entirely covered 
with fowl, which, as they are seldom sca- 
red by the presence of man, and still 
seldomer hear the report of a gun, are ex- 
ceedingly tame. All the shelves and ca- 
vities of this rock are also filled with them. 
It has an opening in it like a lofty gate- 
way, through which you can proceed in 
a boat towards the coast, and when with- 
in it, you can perceive that this wall stands 
at a distance from the coast, so that a long 
channel is left between them; and this 
channel is so wide as to admit a boat to 
turn in it. As the rock consists of seve- 
ral strata, and as the thinnest of these 
in general is hardened clay, which is 
softer than the other strata, these layers of 
clay are in many places washed out and 
destroyed by the force of the waves, and 
leave cavities which serve the fowls as places 
