Ae SIS EU cae Wee ae 
IN THE 
MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 
CAVE EB ke, ie 
THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS. 
On the 17th of July, 1878, as the first streaks of light 
became visible in the east, I climbed to the deck of the 
schooner “Stewart” and saw for the first time that zerra 
encognita, the Magdalen Islands, rising from the sea about 
ten miles to the west, and stretching northward until they 
faded away in a faint, misty line. What ornithologist does 
not feel a keen sense of pleasure upon visiting a new field 
of study? and as I gazed upon the gradually nearing land 
I experienced the feelings of a miner journeying to some 
“supposed El Dorado, awaiting with a keen anxiety for the 
moment to arrive when I could begin the exploration of its 
treasures. 
