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      every morning, perched on our stays, rows of these birds were seen; and
      spite of our hootings, for a long time obstinately clung to the hemp, as
      though they deemed our ship some drifting, uninhabited craft; a thing
      appointed to desolation, and therefore fit roosting-place for their
      homeless selves