Lost British Birds. 
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Wright, in his Journal (1785), says : “ The poor inhabitants 
of Fogo Island make voyages there to load with birds and 
eggs. When the water is smooth they make their shallops 
fast by the shore, lay their gangboards from the gunwale of 
the boat to the rocks, and then drive as many penguins on 
board as she will hold, for the wings of these birds being 
remarkably short they cannot fly. But it has been 
customary for several crews of men to live all summer on 
that island for the sole purpose of killing birds for the 
sake of their feathers. The destruction thev have made is 
