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first seen he was asleep, but onr footsteps awakened him, and he straightened np 

 and looked at us rather curionsly, and then began to move towards us. I got a 

 little on one side and pnt a charge of No. 4 shot through his head, which made 

 him bellow loudly. Hull finislied him with another shot. Iguanas crawled around 

 the rocks with an awkward movement ; all that I saw moved slowly. At lunch 

 we all met again. The other party brought in a fur seal. After lunch I caught 

 a few crabs, which were numerous. 



Later on I went with the mate of tlie vessel on a dove hunt, on one of the side 

 hills. We managed to kill a dozen with stones. Beck saw an owl, resembling our 

 American short-eared owl. We left the island shortly after, and skinned a few birds 

 before snpper. It was quite interesting to watch the frigate birds chase the boobies 

 and shearwaters, trying to make them disgorge tlieir last meal. The frigate birds 

 frequently kejit up their chase five minutes or more, pursuing their victim closely 

 wherever it turned. Gulls numerous. We collected quite a number. They had a 

 pecnliar way of commencing their cry : first making a sound resembling greatly the 

 chirp of a cricket, the note then resembling that of other gulls. The tropic birds 

 kept up a continual screaming. 



Juhj 30. — Skinned birds all day. 



Wenman Island. 



July 31. — Sailed to Wenman during the night. Early in the morning started 

 out in a skiff. The water around the island was very smooth, and near the shore was 

 fnll of brightly-coloured fish — some lilue, green and yellow, and others striped with 

 various colours. Large sharks followed the boat everywhere, and at times as many 

 as ten could be seen (sizes 8 to 10 ft.). At the first landing-place a fur seal 

 appeared, and upon being shot fell down near the water, where he was secured later, 

 after a few blows with a club. The first shot started several more seal out from 

 the rocks. Ignaiuxs of all sizes were sunning themselves. Gulls {('. furratus), 

 terns {A. galajHiyfiiiiis), and frigate birds were very abundant. The boobies were 

 also fairly numerous. After pulling along the shore and starting out some fifteen 

 or twenty seal, we landed, and after a short climb reached the top of the island. 

 Cactus was very abundant. The top of the island was covered with bushes about 

 C ft. high, in which were nesting boobies and frigate birds. Some of the frigate 

 birds had the gnlar pouch swelled up as large as a two-quart measure, looking 

 exactly like a blown-up bladder, bright red in colour. Finches were very 

 abundant, there being about as many as were seen on Culpe])per. Mocking 

 birds {Xeiioinimits) were more abundant than on the latter island. Doves were 

 evidently quite scarce, only ten or so being seeu. Several specimens of Vertkidea. 



