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jpied oy a snail colony of Black-footed Albatross. Accompanying them were many Blue-faced 
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and Red-footed Boobies. 
~ ae s-x.iu.ts of the two peaks were occupied by cairns of rocks built up in rectangular form 
xo make platforms to 8 feet square with level surfaces strewn with fragments of coral, 
these may have served as water toweres or may have been used for beacon lights to 
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guide oeluoed xishemen oo the island or--most entrancing thought of a "I 1 —they may have served 
as light for the guidance of pilgrims returning ffam homage at the shrines of Keeker 
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many miles to the westward. 
From these high points I hao. a wonderful view of the island. The great trianghlar hill 
i ' tiie eastern end was visible as a huge majestic pile, sheer to the north and sloping 
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steeply to the south. Below the irregular hill slopes was the small indentation of 
Adams Bay with the projecting peninsula on its western side. To the west and north the rock 
walls dropped sheer for hundreds of feet to a sea that appeared broken merely by slight rip- 
pies from this altitude until I noted the whie froth of the huge breakers thrown up in impo- 
tent force against tne bases of patches indicating shoals were clearly visible and 
alternating with shifting purple cloud shadows... 
June 15—...to the eastern valley. There is a shelf 50-100 feet wide that extends 
above the water line from the sea itself to the base of th cliffs. This is washed 
frequently by the larger waves, above this the cliffs rise from 60 to 125 feet with a 
series 01 slanting ledges above along which one may work without great difficulty. 
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j...e Keeker Xso.and Tern was common here and X collected a smal 1 series. Gray-backed Terns 
x.esviiig in liotle groups, Wedge—tailed Shearwaters and Bulwer's Petrels were breeding 
everywhere and I located a few small colonies of Sula leucogastra . 
Several pools of water in the little valley were stron with guano. At one 
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