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Excerpt from A Voyage to St. Kilda: The Remotest of All the Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland
The. Inhabitants of St. Kilda take their Mea fures from the Flight of thofe Fowls, when the Heavens are 'not clear, as from a fure Compafs, Experience fhewing that every Tribe of F owls bends their Courfe to their refpe�tive was, though out of fight of the I?e; this appeare ear ly in our gradual Advances; and their Motion being compared did exa�tly quadrate with our. Compafs. The Inhabitants rely (0 much upon this Obfervation, that they prefer it to the furefl Compafs; but we begged leave to differ from them, though at the fame time we could not de ny their Rule to be as certain as our Compafs. While we were in this Rate, we difcovered the Me Borera, near Three Leagues North of St. Kilda, which was then about Four Leagues to the South of us; this was a joyful Sight, and gave new Vigour to.our Men, who being refrefhed with Vi�tuals, lowering Mail and Sail, rowed to a Miracle: While they were tugging at the Oars, we plied them with Plenty of Aqua Vita to fupport them, whofe borrowed Spirits (0 far walled their own, that upon our Arrival at Bore ra, there was fcarce one of 'them able to manage.
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