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I crossed to the next island called Whale Island in the skiff. It proved 
to be somewhat eurved in form 400 yards long by 125 yards high and rose 10 to 12 
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feet above the sea. It appeared to be the oldest island in the entire group and had 
the upper surface covered with fine gray soil. Plant life was more abundant 
here and consisted of Chenopodium, Portulaca, Tribulus, grass and Boerhaavia. In 
general conditions suggested those found on King Island but there was less sand 
mixed with the soil. Some flat blocks of coral rock had been built into a 
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fireplace about which were turtle bones. On the highest portion of the island 
I found remains of a shed apparently of Japanese construction. It had fallen over 
and was evidently ten or twelve years old if not more. 
On this island I found the following: 
Red-footed Booby 15 pairs 
Blue-faced Booby 70 pairs 
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Black-footed Albatross 90 young 
Laysan Albatross 25 young 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 500 pairs 
Frigatebird 60 pairs 
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Noddy 300 pairs 
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Gray-backed Tern 15 pairs 
Sooty Tern 125 pairs 
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Skeleton of a small whale was cast up on the beach here. and I 
June 27—[rock called La Perouse Rock] tt .is eabout 150 feet high by 150 yards ling. 
A smaller rock 75 by 25 feet 15 feet high lies 75 yards west of it. There are 
rock shelves on both north and south sides of the main islet. We landed...on the 
south side without difficulty. Large Opihis covered the rocks and I found one 
pool literally filled with several hundred anemones. 
The rock was volcanic coriaceous in nature, black in color. In places it 
was encrusted with mineral matter, yellowish or whitish in color washed down from 
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