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St. Vincent to Guadaloupe. 
1894 
April 14 At breakfast time this morning we were off St. 
Vincent, some six or eight miles from shore. There were 
a good many birds in sight, most of them Booby Gannets 
virhich were assembled in flocks over spots where they must 
have discovered schools of fish for they kept plunging 
down into the water like Terns. There wexe also a few 
Audubon's Shearv/aters and an occasional Frigate Bird. 
Flying Fish were more numerous than I have ever 
seen them before. They kept rising in great schools or 
flocks and skimming off in every direction to escape our 
steamer. For t\’jo hours or more they were constantly in 
sight but after twelve o'clock I did not see one. 
Off the northern end of St. Vincent but severe.1 
miles from the land I saw four birds new to me. They 
were either Sooty or Bridled Terns. They passed within 
200 yards of the steamer and occasionally hovered or 
plunged for fish. I thought I heard one of them utter a 
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soft hew- it much like that of the Roseate Tern. 
The afternoon was consumed in passing Dominica 
and the open water to the northward. We ran close in 
shore and had a much finer view of this island than v/hen 
we passed it last month for to-day the mountains were free 
from clouds and the air v/as very transparent. It is 
certainly the most beautiful of the Windward Islands 
