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north wind also became more violent, and there was a cool- 
ness in the air which the sudden change from the scorching 
heat of the previous day made very perceptible. High waves 
rose on the lake, and the fishermen declared that in this 
weather it was quite impossible to go away; so here we 
were, like Robinson Crusoe, cut off from all the world and 
confined to this little island. 
In the camp our jagers arranged a fine and unusual display 
by hanging the slain game on to the tent-ropes, where the 
two Lynxes, the skin of yesterday’s Wolf, Pausinger’s Pelican, 
the two Ospreys, and a variety of wildfowl made a capital 
show, and our stutter, who worked well and quickly, had 
plenty to do. 
After a first-rate lunch, served by our worthy Hassan, we 
were comfortably smoking in front of the, tents, and enjoying 
the glorious camp-life of the Hast, when I suddenly perceived 
that the level tract at the northern end of the island, between 
the shore and the rocky cone, was completely covered with a 
variety of birds. I could distinguish, by the aid of the glass, 
flocks of herons, pelicans, gulls, and among them some 
Ospreys. 
Under cover of the bushes I stalked up along the shore 
towards these masses of birds, that were sitting half asleep 
and digesting their food, and had already got pretty close to 
it when to my great dismay I saw a couple of pelicans 
swimming about as sentries. On two sides I had nothing to 
hide me, so it was all up, for the wily birds had already seen 
me and rose. This was the signal for the flocks on shore, 
and with a noisy flapping of their wings the whole assembly 
dispersed in wild disorder and in all directions. 
The inquisitive gulls alone wanted to find out what was the 
matter, and circled screeching around me, and among a lot of 
smaller birds I noticed a Great Black-headed Gull. This 
splendid species was quite new to me, and I secured it by a 
lucky shot. 
