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cliffs & headlands with little bays to
break the monotony of the scene.
The seabirds to-day are more numerous
but very few albatrosses were to be
seen on a/c I suppose of their being
ashore busy of their bits of nests. A
few more hours & Table mountain rises
before us like a marine monster in
the distance (Sea Serpent if you like
to call it but with rather too large
a head) We sailed into table bay
and cast anchor about 3 pm as at
St. Vincent a little fleet of boats were
soon under weigh and crowded
round ^for the first place about 30 of us
got into a lugger & were soon landed
on our first continent (Africa) Table
mountain stands grim sentinel over
the town & we were filled with high
aspirations to ascend it but our zeal