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One
day
I
witnessed
the
departure
of
an
albatross
,
saluted
by
the
very
best
croaks
of
the
penguins
,
no
doubt
as
a
friend
whom
they
were
to
see
no
more
.
Those
powerful
birds
can
fly
for
two
hundred
leagues
without
resting
for
a
moment
,
and
with
such
rapidity
that
they
sweep
through
vast
spaces
in
a
few
hours
.
The
departing
albatross
sat
motionless
upon
a
high
rock
,
at
the
end
of
the
bay
of
Christmas
Harbour
,
looking
at
the
waves
as
they
dashed
violently
against
the
beach
.
Suddenly
,
the
bird
rose
with
a
great
sweep
into
the
air
,
its
claws
folded
beneath
it
,
its
head
stretched
out
like
the
prow
of
a
ship
,
uttering
its
shrill
cry
:
a
few
moments
later
it
was
reduced
to
a
black
speck
in
the
vast
height
and
disappeared
behind
the
misty
curtain
of
the
south
.
The
Halbrane
was
a
schooner
of
three
hundred
tons
,
and
a
fast
sailer
.
On
board
there
was
a
captain
,
a
mate
,
or
lieutenant
,
a
boatswain
,
a
cook
,
and
eight
sailors
;
in
all
twelve
men
,
a
sufficient
number
to
work
the
ship
.
Solidly
built
,
copper
-
bottomed
,
very
manageable
,
well
suited
for
navigation
between
the
fortieth
and
sixtieth
parallels
of
south
latitude
,
the
Halbrane
was
a
credit
to
the
ship
-
yards
of
Birkenhead
.
All
this
I
learned
from
Atkins
,
who
adorned
his
narrative
with
praise
and
admiration
of
its
theme
.
Captain
Len
Guy
,
of
Liverpool
,
was
three
-
fifths
owner
of
the
vessel
,
which
he
had
commanded
for
nearly
six
years
.
He
traded
in
the
southern
seas
of
Africa
and
America
,
going
from
one
group
of
islands
to
another
and
from
continent
to
continent
.
His
ship
’
s
company
was
but
a
dozen
men
,
it
is
true
,
but
she
was
used
for
the
purposes
of
trade
only
;
he
would
have
required
a
more
numerous
crew
,
and
all
the
implements
,
for
taking
seals
and
other
amphibia
.
The
Halbrane
was
not
defenceless
,
however
;
on
the
contrary
,
she
was
heavily
armed
,
and
this
was
well
,
for
those
southern
seas
were
not
too
safe
;
they
were
frequented
at
that
period
by
pirates
,
and
on
approaching
the
isles
the
Halbrane
was
put
into
a
condition
to
resist
attack
.
Besides
,
the
men
always
slept
with
one
eye
open
.
One
morning
—
it
was
the
27th
of
August
—
I
was
roused
out
of
my
bed
by
the
rough
voice
of
the
innkeeper
and
the
tremendous
thumps
he
gave
my
door
.
“
Mr
.
Jeorling
,
are
you
awake
?
”
“
Of
course
I
am
,
Atkins
.
How
should
I
be
otherwise
,
with
all
that
noise
going
on
?
What
’
s
up
?
”
“
A
ship
six
miles
out
in
the
offing
,
to
the
nor
’
east
,
steering
for
Christmas
!
”
“
Will
it
be
the
Halbrane
?
”
“
We
shall
know
that
in
a
short
time
,
Mr
.
Jeorling
.
At
any
rate
it
is
the
first
boat
of
the
year
,
and
we
must
give
it
a
welcome
.
”
