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During the whole time that we spent in crossing 
the channel between Dominica and G-uadaloupe the wind, 
for the first time since I rea.ched the West Indies, was 
Yirest but it was very light and the sea very calm. 
'We saw in this channel a small school of Black 
Fish, a very large school of Porpoises, and a Tropic Bird. 
The last,, like the two that I saw on ray way down the 
islands, rose apparently from the surface of the sea and, 
mounting to a height of about 200 feet, flew straight 
away out of sight. I was again struck by the resemblance 
of the flight to that of a Domestic Pigeon but the Yvings 
are moved even faster than the Pigeon's. The tail was 
closed, the neck shortened. 
