A General History And Collection Of Voyages And Travels - Volume X - By Robert Kerr


















































































































 -  The young ones do not acquire their true colour, neither can they
fly till ten or eleven months old, but - Page 337
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The Young Ones Do Not Acquire Their True Colour, Neither Can They Fly Till Ten Or Eleven Months Old, But Run Very Fast.

A dozen or more of these birds were killed, though very shy, and their flesh was found lean and black, though not ill tasted.

Their tongues are large, and have near the root a piece of fat, which is esteemed a dainty.

From hence they sailed to the island of St Nicholas, twenty-two leagues W.S.W. from the island of Salt, and anchored on the S.W. side of the island, which is of a triangular form, the longest side measuring thirty leagues, and the two others twenty leagues each. They here found the governor a white man, having three or four people about him, who were decently cloathed, and armed with swords and pistols, but the rest of his attendants were in a very pitiful condition. They dug some wells on shore, and traded for goats, fruits, and wine, which last was none of the best. The country near the coast is very indifferent, but there are some fine valleys in the interior, pretty well inhabited, and abounding in all the necessaries of life.

The principal town of this island is in a valley, fourteen miles from the bay in which the Revenge came to anchor, and contains about 100 families, the inhabitants being of a swarthy complexion. The country on the sea is rocky and barren, but in the interior there are several vallies, having plenty of grass, and in which vines are cultivated.

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