'At three o'clock the following morning as I dozed with the lobster fishermen in their small bothy I was awakened by the fluttering of wings on my arm and head and found a StormPetrel, apparently dazzled by the candle, moving about my person.' SETON GORDON

Part 3 of the saga: 'The reluctance exhibited by Mr B. B. Osmaston in your December issue to accept J. H. Owen's explanation of the action depict

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