150 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 
which on clear days could be seen from the tops of 
the higher hills—a hazy dot in the sea. Imagination 
peopled the view with Cartier, Audubon, and his 
successors, and I could scarcely believe that the 
scene of the wonders they had described was actu- 
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ally on my horizon. But, although only twenty 
miles away, Bird Rock now seemed more distant 
than before we had taken the first step of our jour- 
ney. This in a measure is due to the uncertainty of 
gulf weather, the strong tides, the sudden and severe 
