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approach and swam nervously about in the 

 water outside. Everywhere the water was 

 dotted with eider ducks. 



The centre of the island consists of tangled 

 forests and sphagnum bogs, and differs in no 

 ways from the character of the mainland. On 

 the borders of the bog-pools, eiders and great 

 black-backed gulls were generally resting, their 

 striking black and white plumage contrasting 

 well with the vegetation. One could easily 

 spend a whole summer on this one island, and 

 not discover all its secrets. 



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