have "been pirated there end on to the "beach area along the southwest 
shore, They then proceeded up the "beach to the camp site. About 
1400 the polarold was broken out to begin the pictorial record 
of the island. We wereunable to get the pictures to turn out. It 
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seems that the electric eye is not fur-r tlonlng properly aWthe only 
way that any picture was obtained at all on the film was by setting 
the camera on the night setting. Bob and Binlon then proceeded east 
across the island taking 35mm record pictures of the island, they record¬ 
ed species and numbers across the middle of the island in the large 
lay sen Albatrosses colony, around the lagoon, and in several vegetative 
types found at the center of the island. The other group this after¬ 
noon moved up the beach north of the boat landing on the west side of 
the beach as far as the large sandy unvegetated area on the north 
end of the island. Twelve seals were tagged as we moved up the 
beach but before we reached the bare sandy areas. Two patchs 
where opened sand areas, penStrate for 30yds or so into the 
vegetation of the interior of the island contained groups of six 
or eight seals lying asleep in the sun. When we reached the sandy 
beach at the north end we turned inland and began moving through - 1 '^ 
Albetrosse colony. The colony at this end of this island seems to 
be composed primarily of Blsckffoot^s. It is much more exposed than 
the sre&s around the lagoon, and south of it, and I noticed a much 
greeter chick mortality as we walked through the colony, ft re is 
no vegetation at all here, end this habitat seems to more acceptable 
to the Black-foot’s as they apparently do not mind exposure to the wind. 
We then turned inland toward the lagoon and set a course for the 
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