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Aug. 30. Paroquet Auklet. Newly Hatched Young. 

 " 28. Crested Auk. . Half-fledged Youngf. 

 " 31. " About 8 days old. 



Sept. 1. " About 5 days old. 



Aug. 26. Least Auk. Eggs ready to be hatched. 



" " " Newly Hatched Young. 



" " " About 5 days old. 



" " " Fu Ill-fledged Young. 



Sept. 1. " Newly Hatched Young. 



Aug. 26. Pacific Kittiwake. Downy, about 7 days old. 

 " " " Half-fledged Young. 



" u " Flying Young. 



Sept. 1. Sabine Gull. Flying Young. 

 On Sept. 2, the gasoline schooner " Mary Sadies " of Nome arrived 

 with the school-teacher and his supplies for the following ten months. 



When I saw the man I could not help pitying him, for he was a mere 

 kid, evidently just from the seminary, and he was bringing his young bride 

 along with him. Rather a strange place to choose for a honeymoon I 

 thought, when looking over the stony guano-stinking place, that offered not 

 even a decent foot path ; an island seemingly more fit for seabirds than hu- 

 man beings, with the only exception of Eskimoes. And when I thought of 

 the eight months, through the stormy, dark season, when they would be 

 entirely isolated from the outer world with only natives for company, I 

 pitied them the more, especially the young bride, for she looked too deli- 

 cate and tender to be able to appreciate that kind of life. But there were at 

 least two good reasons for rejoicing : they would have a first-class house for 

 a home, and they would have a very nice lot of natives to work with. 



x\s I was all through with my collecting here by this time, I decided 

 to return with the .schooner which was leaving as soon as the mission sup- 

 plies were unloaded, and with my best wishes to the young couple, who 

 would fight the winter storms on this little spot in the " Frozen Seas" and 

 with the promise to see them again next year, I left at night the same day 

 for the City of Nome, a few weeks later to seek more temperate latitudes in 

 the United States, for the winter. 



