BIRDS GO CRUISING
Cruising is all the fashion, and now birds have taken it;up. An officer of the S.s'. Cambridge has :been telling how, when, the: vessel left London in November,' several pigeons, sparrows, finches, and chaffinches found their way aboard. All these! little passengers joined the ship between the Ilia me s and St. CatherirttJ's, and five of them stayed on board 'till thefship completed its 40d0-ihii& voyage to Curstcao. Two sparrowS, Wo greenfinches, and a chaffinch Stayed to the end. the birds had been provided with. food, and water by the "sailors.... The officers ,o£ the ship, who have- often mads the voyage, say that they have lievei' before had this experience With birds.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 20
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116BIRDS GO CRUISING Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1934, Page 20
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