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From Portland Me. [Portland, Maine] to Cape Lepraux N.B. [Point Lepreau, Province of New Brunswick, Canada]
1876.
Apr. 11 [April 11, 1876] Clear with high wind veering from N.E. [northeast] to
N.W. [northwest]. After a comfortable night's sleep woke to
find the boat running by Mt. Desert [Mount Desert Island].
From here the course lay very near
the shore giving us a good chance to
see the glorious scenery. The coast line
in [is] everywhere indented by bays &
inlets of greater or less depth and
was everywhere extremely picturesque.
The land adjoining the coast is entirely
unsettled in most places, the arborescent
vegetation being composed almost entirely
of conifers, principally spruces. Some
isolated rocks rose out of the water in the
form of cones or pillars, curiously [delete]truncated[/delete]
fluted by the action of the water. Machias
bay was soon after passed, and Mr.
Taylor called my attention to "Fishermans
island at the E. [east] end of the bay which
he said was a great place for duck.
We passed Grand Menan [Grand Manan]  at about 11
and arrived in Eastport at noon. It
is a small place, a fishing village built
on a hill and reminding me somewhat of
Nantucket. Here Merriam & Wilson left us.
Among the wharves almost was a flock
of some thirty large gulls about three
quarters of them L. agentatus [Larus argentatus] the remainder
about equally L. glaucus [Larus glaucus] et L. leucopterus [Larus leucopterus].
Some of them latter were perfect beauties,
snow white and one or two came within
good range. [delete]A flo[/delete] Three gulls followed
the boat all the way from Mt. Desert
to Campa Bella is. [Campobello Island] These three came at
times very near us & I identified them.