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watch, too, for all the wonders of the sea, that he
might show them to her. When a dolphin was
caught, he ran down stairs and brought her up
quickly, that she might see the beautiful colours
of the dying fish. He pointed out to her, ata
distance, a jet of water spouting up from the calm
sea, and told her it was thrown out from the nos-
trils of the small species of whale called the
Grampus.. But the most interesting to Mary of
all she saw at sea were the little birds, which the
sailors told her were called Mother Carey’s chick-
ens. She was never weary of watching them, as
they rested for a moment lightly on the crest of
one wave, and then flew off to another. She
pitied as much as she wondercd at them, and,
though assured that this was their native home,
she could not but think that they would be much
more comfortable on shore, fed and housed as her
pet pigeons were, or flying among the woods, and
gathering their food in the fields of her home.

As they approached the shore, there were other
objects which interested and surprised Mary. It
was quite early when, to speak as sailors do,
“they made Sandy Hook,” which is tke first point