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Nelson & I went to the beach of an island about 3.30 pm – We carried an ancient shot gun with which I secured a pigeon – a fruit pigeon – of a species not known to me & Nelson a shining starling – I took both of these to the Ship & skinned them & made two fair specimens to show Rawdon –Pigeons have their home in this Australian region – Also the Shiny Starling – We shot a flying fox which however – we did not recover – Even dead they hang by their hook like claws to the top of a tree. We had a jolly tramp – I saw a screw pine (Pandanus) new to me – It had leaves like an agave of the very darkest bronze green I also got a few fine Polypodies – of the climbing sort. We went to a village – Saw a native with a stump for an arm – dynamiting fish he said – I saw a native church – the worst in the world – the rudest & crudest – A pulpit only in it made of a few rough boards – nailed together anyhow – The natives sit on mats -
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