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four hours, max. 39°, min. 32° Fahr. To the west of Bear Island 

 an Eider drake was seen by Faussett, the only individual of this 

 species seen during the day, I believe. About 12.30 saw a 

 Richardson's Skua sitting on a hummock, and although I had a 

 shot at it with a rifle it did not move, and appeared as if frozen 

 there (though Kjeldsen, one of our ice-pilots, ridiculed the idea), 

 or at least in a bad plight. This was the only Skua seen during 

 the day. Shortly afterwards Chapman saw a Little Auk. About 

 nine this morning a couple of Fulmars and a couple of Kittiwakes 

 were shot by one of the passengers from the deck, the latter bird 

 not being nearly so plentiful as the day before; the Fulmars during 

 the afternoon were abundant all round the ship and very tame. 

 Soon after 1 p.m. Chapman saw two adult Glaucous Gulls close 

 astern ; he also saw an Arctic Tern, which flew round the ship 

 for some time, and tried to alight on the mainmast head, but did 

 not like the vane. Several Little Auks seen during the day. 

 Brunnich's Guillemots were. flying past the ship so commonly, 

 after we were out of the fog, that some of the passengers took up 

 their position on the forecastle, with their guns, and had " sweeps " 

 at them ! 



July 26th. Heavy sea, early morning ; rain and thick. Sighted 

 South Cape, Spitzbergen, 8 a.m. Little Auks beginning to get 

 abundant. Brunnich's Guillemots common. A few Glaucous 

 Gulls and Kittiwakes. No Skuas in morning. When off Horn 

 Sound, seeing plenty of flocks of Little Auks, — a bird we were 

 anxious to get specimens of in summer plumage, — and not 

 knowing how easily we could get any number farther on, Chapman 

 and I went off in. a boat in pursuit; and I must bear witness to 

 the good nature of our fellow-passengers, not one of whom, so far 

 as I am aware, offered any objection to the consequent detention 

 of the ship. Some ladies of the party produced fishing-tackle, 

 and caught some large Cod over the ship's side. We were only 

 away half an hour, and I only succeeded in bagging one Little 

 Auk. We saw many in flocks, but they were rather wild, added 

 to which there was a considerable, though short, " chop " on the 

 sea, which rendered shooting from a small boat rather uncertain. 

 We also shot some Fulmars, which were ubiquitous ; one Brun- 

 nich's Guillemot; saw very many. A few Eiders, one or two 

 Glaucous Gulls, and one Richardson's Skua were also seen. 

 Some of the shooters on board had dropped a few birds into 



