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LETTERS FROM 
a large red or blue shawl tied round then- 
waists. 
The only birds I saw here were great num¬ 
bers of the small gulls called kittiwakes, 
and a common kingfisher, which flew past us 
when we were more than a mile from the 
shore. 
In about two hours we again got under 
weigh, keeping our pilot in tow till we were 
outside of the harbour, and being now out 
of sight of the quarantine officers, he had no 
objection to sell us some fish, which he had 
before refused to do. 
At eight in the evening we passed Cape 
Trafalgar, and at midnight we were opposite 
the revolving light of Tarifa, while on the 
right-hand the African coast was dimly visi¬ 
ble. We had a long passage from Cadiz to 
Gibraltar, which we did not reach till four in 
the morning, 
(Wednesday, 13th,) having 
