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ten a speck rose on the horizon, which I was told was the Rock. 
We sailed well, the breeze increased fast, and we neared the 
object apace. At eleven I could distinguish its top plainly from 
the deck, and thought it covered with snow to the depth of 
GANNETS ON NESTS. 
Photographed from nature by F. M. Chapman. 
From “ Bird Studies with a Camera,"’ by permission of D. Appleton & Co.) 
several feet; this appearance existed on every portion of the flat 
projecting shelves. Godwin [the pilot] said, with the coolness 
of a man who had visited this Rock for ten successive seasons, 
that what we saw was not snow but Gannets. I rubbed my eyes, 
