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years as a sacred memorial of the event, and 

 as a beacon to voyagers along the coast. It 

 had fallen down, but the captain and William 

 put it back in place and braced it with tim- 

 bers and great rocks. I trust that this pious 

 service will atone for the slaughter by William 

 the Pirate of two young great black-backed 

 gulls, but the crime rests heavy on my con- 

 science and I confess that I noted in my jour- 

 nal my enjoyment of the delicacy of their fla- 

 vor. How easy it is to revert to the savage! 

 For my own justification I will add that, with 

 the exception of these and two other victims, 

 I permitted no birds to be killed for food alone 

 on this expedition, but we used for food those 

 whose skins I preserved for scientific purposes. 

 This, as I have explained elsewhere, is an in- 

 teresting exception to the rule that "one can- 

 not eat his cake and have it too." 



What views of gray rocky islands and spar- 

 kling blue waters, and again rocky islands and 

 blue waters — all tumbled about in wild con- 

 fusion — all alike yet all different! With the 

 exception of the great weather-beaten cross, 

 — symbol that means so much, ■ — all, both 

 water and rocks, were destitute of any trace 

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