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CHAPTER YI. 



THE HUMMING-BIRD OF NOOTKA SOUND. 



N the western coast of North 

 America, as far north as the Tem- 

 ^ perate Zone, is a bay, or, as it is 

 f called, a sound. The entrance lies 

 between two rocky points, and when these 

 are cleared, the bay wddens out and con- 

 tains a number of islands of different extent. 

 Many years ago, Captain Cook entered 

 this sound, and was the first to discover 

 its existence. He anchored his ship near 

 to one of the larger islands, and gave the 

 bay the name of Nootka Sound, which it 

 has retained ever since. 



