Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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29 black, its forehead is white and under parts white. The bill is hooked at the end, and this is a very important point on any bird. The young, from when they hatch to about one week old, are a ball of fluff after which they gradually develop their mature plumage. The cahow is similar to the black-capped petrel but the latter has a thick white V-shaped patch at the top of his tail. The space between the shoulders and the back of the head is white. The black-capped pet- rel has a grey cap whereas the cahow has a black one. I have found a skull of a cahow, which was indentified by the hooked bill. I also found some bones by the skull on Cockroach Island opposite Abbot ' s cliffs about 2 years ago. On returning there lately, I think I have found a keel of a cahow (breast-bone.). I have found lots of other bones of birds there too but most of them are bones of long tails and other birds. I have yet to see a live cahow but I hope I will see one in the near future. E. ZUILL. Form V oOo Cricket 1956 1ST. XI. The team was chosen from Smith (capt.), Lines, Lumsden, DurrelU, Pattersons, Leseuri, Vallis, McCanni, Haywardi, Cook, Redding, Grays- ton, Kempe, Cooper and Mayne. Matches. Result. 1. Staff 116 — 7 (dec.) (Hallet 24, Patterson 29, Lumsden 4—35) Won School 117 — 5 (Durrell — 27, Leseur 41). 2. School 57 (Lines 22, Stearns 4 — 20). Lost Warwick 59 — 1 (Young 22, DeSilva 21 n.o.. Walker 13 n.o.). 3. Old Boys 151 — 8 (dec.) (Brewer 30, Barnard 29, Conyers 23, Smith 2 — 34, Patterson 3 — 20). Lost School and Staff 107 (Alger 30, Brookfield 34, Durrell 31, Cox 4 — 5, Brewer 2 — 2). 4. Warwick 138 (Stearns 39, McCann 3 — 16. Smith 3 — 29). School 60 — 4 (Vallis 26 n.o.. Smith 13 n.o.). Drawn In a very poor season, the team played four games and managed to win one. This win against the Staff was in a game played as a practice

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28 Through them I saw on the side of the saucer x 2. There was 31 more, but it was blurred so I couldn ' t read it. Does that answer all your questions? It certainly does. Gee, I wander why it wasn ' t in all the papers, said a Manxman in an awe-stricken voice. The Government would b e too afraid to publish it, retorted an- other Yank, But even that is not the most amazing thing. What is it? asked all the others like a chorus. The most amazing thing is that there he hesitated. ' Is what? Most amazing thing is that I made up the whole story five min- utes ago, said the navigator edging towards the door and vanishing through it. J. GILLIAN. Form IV L The Bermuda Petrel or Cahow When these lovely Isles were first inhabited by man they found at least three different species of pelagie birds in vast numbers; dusky and common shearwaters, and the Bermuda Petrel or cahow. The cahow was about the most abundant of all but since the cahow was good to eat and so fearless of man it was ruthlessly killed. One nightV hunting of the cahow was said to bring in about 4,000 birds. In 1616 the Governor issued an order designed to save the cahow from extinction but apparently he was too late. For almost 300 years the cahows were not seen any more, but by a miracle some survived and a small breed- ing population is still present on the outer islets of the Bermudas. The cahow rests in the same places as the yellow-billed tropic bird i.e. burrows and holes in rocks, but only lays one white egg. They breed on the Bermuda islands but for the other season, their range is not known. The cahow is a dull bird to look at with grey wings and back, and the tail is a shade darker. The crown and back of the head is pitch

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30 match. The Staff batted first and compiled 116 for 7 wickets. Of the school bowlers only Lumsden rnet with any success taking 4 for 35. The fielding was very slack with numerous catches being dropped, and far too many fielders making little effort. The School XI scored 117 — 5, with Lines batting well for his 14, while Durrell and Leseur used the long handle and swung 27 and 41 respectively. In the first game against Warwick, the school side gave a very inept batting display to score 57 all out. Of these Lines made 22, with a good deal of luck and remarkable lack of contact with the ball. Of the rest, only Redding and Kempe, both with 10, made any show of ability. In all, the School batted for 1 hour 40 minutes against fairly accurate bowling. When Warwick batted, they scored 59 for the loss of 1 wicket in 45 minutes against some very weak bowling by Lumsden. He constantly overpitched the ball giving the batsmen very little trouble, while Smith bov led better but without much success. At Warwick, in the second game, Warwick won the toss and scored 39, who, by a series of mighty pulls to anything short and a straight 138 before the last wicket fell. Their main scorer was Stearns with bat to good balls managed to change the picture from 5 for 1 to 51 for 2. Wickets fell regularly until the score stood at 88 for 6, but then a useful stand added a further 25 runs. A last wicket stand of 25 helped to produce the very useful total of 138. L umsden, mixing his fast- mediums with leg-breaks bowled extremely well and his final figures of 3 for 67 in 17 overs do not indicate the countless number of times that the ball beat the bat. Smith with 3 for 29 and McCann with 3 for 16,, also turned in useful performances. When Saltus batted. Lines,, Kempe, Leseur and Redding, all lost their wickets very quickly through their inability to present a straight bat to a straight ball. Smith then joined Vallis and a calm settled on the game. The bowling was ac- curate but the bowlers were allowed to bowl 10 maidens and in 11 of the remaining overs only runs were scored. The defence of both bats- men was very sound but very few scoring strokes were attempted with the result that 60 runs were scored in 2 hours for the loss of 4 wickets. In this game, the team showed a much improved spirit and bowling and fielding were the best produced during the season. In the Annual Founder ' s Day Match, the Old Boys won the toss and decided to bat. The Combined School and Staff XI got off to a good start with the quick dismissal by Smith of Pitt and Vallis. Brewer and Barnard soon settled in and the score was quickly raised from 16 for 2 to 55 for 3. From then on wickets fell fairly regularly and the Old Boys finally totalled 151. The chief contributors were Brewer 30 (rtd.), Barnard 29, Cox 13, Barritt 15, and Conyers (rtd.) 23. The