YESSO. 



only occasionally swooping down within shot. They 

 were in perfect plumage, with the head, upper part of 

 neck, and tail, quite white. Eemains of wild-duck 

 covered the ground 

 for many yards round 

 the nest, and my re- 

 triever, being enticed 

 to sniff at this debris, 

 was immediately at- 

 tacked by the female 

 bird, and had a very 

 narrow escape from 

 going over the cliff, 

 which bounded one 

 side of the point. 



After examining 

 and fixing the posi- 

 tion of this anchorage, 

 we made another 

 start for the east- 

 ward, rounding Cape 

 Noyshap, the extremer' 

 of the island, and 

 then turning back to the west, kept along the shore 

 until we reached a good anchorage behind an island 

 called Nemero. Here again was a small Japanese 



