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Title: Essays and photographs. Some birds of the Canary Islands and South Africa
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Harris, Henry E
Subjects: Birds -- Canary Islands Birds -- South Africa
Publisher: London, R. H. Porter
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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costing thetwentieth part of a penny. For the second time all is packed and ready for thejourney to Puerto Cabras, a journey we are told thatwill occupy the best part of twelve hours ; the boat isto leave at eioht oclock in the evenino-, so w^e make astart in Q-ood time in the mornino-. Don Ramon is tosee us, as is the custom of the island, some little dis-tance on our way. With many good-byes and good wishes we take leaveof them, the last words beino- an invitation from thecheery brother for me to stay at his house next year ;there is an almond tree in his garden, he says, in whichthe Alcairon nests every year; the nest shall not betouched until I come. Even the brindled dog grudg-ingly puts in an appearance, and lies in the hot sunshinewith its nose on its two paws, looking up at the pro-ceedings with bloodshot eyes. Soon clear of habitations, we strike out into a newdirection, to complete the triangle of which our formerjourneys have been two sides. We drop the pilot, our PLATE XT.
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tij ^ I « u. § hcou Z OUR LAST WEEK IN FUERTEVENTURA 59 old friend and companion Don Ramon, after about anhours travellino-, and then we are left to ourselves withno sound but the soft tread of the camel and now andagain the strange cries of its driver. The question of leave-taking reminds me of that ofremuneration for board and lodgings. Among peopleof such good manners ones natural impulse wouldbe to scout any idea of payment, but the inhabitantsin the out-of-the-way places in these islands are poor,and sentiment must not override common sense. Anyallusion to the matter, however delicately put, isgenerally met with a positive refusal to take anything,and yet they expect something. I usually found thatthe most satisfactory way was to leave what I intendedto give them in an envelope, so that in opening thisafter my departure they might avoid the embarrassmentof being insulted —to use a Gilbertian phrase—in mypresence. One man with whom I stayed for a short timeprovided me with a

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