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Life on 3mall Islands» particularly in Paoifio seas* has 
always had attraction and many o£=s& have dreamed of lengthy travels 
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issues. Let us look for a u tiiae at the more interesting results of 
a scientific cruise in the north central Paoifio* 
When the United States annexed Hawaii, in addition to the 
eight large inhabited islands that form the territory as the tourist 
sees it * we aoquired a c' ain of tday . spots ef- roo k aad—eaad that 
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extend from the main group toward the northwest over a space of 
1*300 miles* Uninhabited by man* except for a oable station at Midway* 
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these have been little known* as they are seldom visited* In 1909* 
through the interest of former Prosident Roosevelt* these Leeward 
Islands of the Hawaiian group were sot aside as the Hawaiian Bird 
Reservation* and placed under control of the Biological Survey* U* 3. 
department of agriculture* 
At intorvals during years past parties havo visiteu Layman* on 
important bird rookery* to study its wonderful bird life and perhaps 
on route have landed for a few hours at one or two other points* On 
the whole* however* the group from a scientific standpoint lias boon 
