PELICAN ISLAND 



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young Pelicans, all screaming at the tops of their 

 voices. 



The old birds, in the meantime, were resting on 

 the water. They might have been unpleasant foes, 



103. Among the Pelicans. 



but in their stately, dignified way they accepted the 

 situation, and waited in silence for us to retire. 

 Then they at once returned to their nests, and in a 

 short time comparative quiet was restored on the 

 island. 



This is a sketch of life in the Pelicans' metrop- 

 olis as one sees it during a brief visit, and all the 

 accounts of the island I have seen were based on 

 just such an experience. Consequently, I shall 

 relate here what was learned of the Pelicans and 

 their home during four days passed with them. 



