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I. understand only the females bite and so have yet to see a male
and am at a loss to account for their numbers.
8:30 PM: We set out at high tide at 3 o'clock and made
a good run of about 10 miles. One low island we passed was covered
with gulls and ducks and all kinds of small sea fowl. They all rose
and flew away as we approached the black cloud of ducks moving far-
ther away on the water and the gulls circling above us by the hun-
dreds, all screaming at the tops of their lungs. It was a rarely
beautiful sight to see so many at once, their wings shining in the
sunlight.
About two miles off shore we hit bottom at 6 o'clock,
and the tide was falling so fast we could not move again. So now
our craft is in the midst of a vast rocky plain about 10 feet above
the sea level. We have had a good supper and I lie comfortably on
the rocks, again watching one of those gorgeous northern sunsets.
We hope to be able to move on about 3 AM.
It has been clear all afternoon a really beautiful
day, although it was miserable all this morning. We have had but
one entire day without rain in the last eight. I am convinced that
this is the land where the rains of the world originate.
AUGUST 15- Monday
The last three days have been spent in the most unique
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