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out, and can usually be depended upon to follow 
vessels in increasing numbers. On many voy- 
ages between San Francisco and the Aleutian 
Islands, the average attendance of Albatrosses, 
or ‘ Gonies as they are usually called, was from 
fifteen to twenty. Whether the same indi- 
viduals stayed with the vessel during the whole 
flock of birds would alight upon the water, often 
coming close enough to be caught on cod-hooks 
baited with pork. When on the wing, some- 
times all the birds would assemble at once to 
feed on the waste thrown overboard from the 
galley, alighting in a confused manner, with 
much squawking and fluttering of wings. 
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run, or were replaced from time to time by 
other birds encountered along the way, we could 
not determine. 
“The birds were with us from daylight to 
dark, and in all sorts of weather. The S. S. 
Albatross, being engaged in deep-sea investiga- 
tions, made frequent stops for the purpose of 
sounding and dredging. At such times the 
“We often hooked specimens while the ship 
was under way, by paying out the line rapidly 
enough to leave the bait lying motionless, and 
buoyed on the surface with a cork. The birds 
were not able to pick up a bait while on the 
wing, or while it was moving. When hooked 
they would set their wings rigidly at an angle, 
and a rapid hauling-in of the long line would 
