12 A NATUK.-UJST IX T//E MAGDALEN ISI. A XDS. 



CHAPTER II. 



r,YROX ISLAND. 



One pleasant afternoon we left House Harbor and set sail 

 for Grand Entry Harbor, where we arrived the same evening, 

 and spent a not very comfortable night on account of the 

 myriads of fleas, which are much more numerous here than 

 anywhere else on the islands. Here, after some little trouble, 

 w^e procured a boat and set sail for Byron Island. It was 

 a beautiful day, and our little craft sailed finely. As we 

 passed out of the harbor I observed several American fishing 

 schooners, their white sails forming a striking contrast to the 

 deep red ones of the island boats. Numbers of Gannets and 

 Black Guillemots dotted the water in every direction, while 

 occasionally a seal came to the surface and gazed stupidly 

 at us as we passed. 



We made the run of twentv-four miles In about five hours, 

 and cast anchor in a little bay, protected by cliffs that rise in 

 some places over two hundred feet in height. In this isolated 



