TWO DAYS WITH THE TERNS 



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Turn on nust. iSito slujwn in N 



over lier eggs, on which I nioineutarily expected 

 to see her settle.''^ 



In the meantime the tide had arisen and floated 

 my boat, wliicli was carried hy the wind across to 

 ISTaushon, and I might 

 have passed the niglit 

 with the Terns, liad 

 not the Fish Commis- 

 sioner's hanncli taken 

 me oft in tlie afternoon. 



It would not have 

 been an unwelcome ex- 

 perience. There was 

 an abundance of dry 

 seaweed for a coucli — 

 a nest, I had almost 

 said — and some cavern- 

 like openings beneath 

 the piles of great bowl- 

 ders had a very snug and cozy look, which prob- 

 ably would have disappeared shortly after sunset. 





C4. Tenionnust. Site slimvii in No. ri2. 



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