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The Albatross

We saw many of those splendid birds off
and about the [Cape?] regions. on the wing it looks
a noble bird, nad on the wing they never seem
to tire for they are seldom seen at rest on the
water. one was caught by some means and I saw
it on the deck where it seemed helpless. The beak
was slightly hooked and it was webfooted. when flying
it spread an enormous length of wing, some say as
much as twelve or fourteen feet from tip to tip. but
I dont recollect that the one caught was measured
It was chiefly white with black and grayish feathers
on the back and wings. It is the largest of the
sea-birds and its food is fish and I never heard
that the flesh is eaten although its often shot and
taken with a baited hook.

"Alone the bold Albatross sit on the [billow?],
That rocks him to slumber, beneath his furled wing,
His head on his side has a warm downy pillow,
And calmly he rids, like a bold ocean King."

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