. Le ali selvagge; avventure di un cacciatore di macchine fotografiche tra i più grandi uccelli selvatici del Nord America sul mare e sulla terra. Macchina fotografica A UCCELLO ROCK IN UNA BARCA APERTA 157 lavoro sul nido e le uova di un Blackpoll Wariiler, abbiamo ri-girato alla casa, mangiato cena, imballato i nostri sacchetti, e il weroff a due oclock sotto due vele di sprit, con un moderato, fairwind. Bryon si trova a dodici miglia a nord, e Bird Rockdodici miglia più lontano a nord-est. GANNETS E MURRE LASCIANDO NIDI (uno u£ i Ganiets è nel secondo-YE.ir plumage chiassoso) ogni ora, come abbiamo proceduto, il pesante oceano sembra andare giù. Che cosa dite, s

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. Wild wings; adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of North America on sea and land . camera TO BIRD ROCK IN AN OPEN BOAT 157 work on the nest and eggs of a Blackpoll Wariiler, we re-turned to the house, ate dinner, packed our bags, and wereoff at two oclock under two sprit-sails, with a moderate, fairwind. Bryon lies twelve miles to the north, and Bird Rocktwelve miles farther to the northeast.. GANNETS AND MURRE LEAVING NESTS(One u£ the Ganiiets is in the mottled second-ye.ir plumage) Every hour, as we proceeded, the heavy ocean swell seemedto go down. What do you say, said I to the skipper, tokeeping on for Bird Rock to-night ? I was just thinkingof that myself, he replied. Suppose we land on Bryon andlook over on the north side, and, if the surf is not heavy, tryour luck? At five oclock we ran into a cove and leapedout upon the cobble-stones, where the king of Bryon Islandgave us a royal reception. Keeping a little store, he sellssupplies to the few fishermen who during the lobster season 158 WILD WINGS lease land from him and pa}^ a fee for the fishing privileges.He is monarch of all he surveys, 3et glad of the rare glimpseof strangers from the g-reat and distant world, especiallyof Americans, to whom he would gladly sell his big island, with its fine fishery privileges and supposed mineral deposits, for thirty thousand dollars. In the half hour of our stay hewas so overwh

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