. The Wilson bulletin . ese two birds,but both were found nesting on Carroll Islet in small matters occupied our attention during our stay at Car-roll. Carroll Islet. In the face of a brisk northerly breeze and against high run-ning waves, our Indians were finally persuaded to try the sevenmile passage to Carroll. All our belongings were entrusted tothe canoe, but we two took the land route to a position oppositethe island, skirting the shore, in order to Hghten the canoe foreasier battle with wind and waves. We were plainly told thatnone but fools ventured out on the ocean in su
. The Wilson bulletin . ese two birds,but both were found nesting on Carroll Islet in small matters occupied our attention during our stay at Car-roll. Carroll Islet. In the face of a brisk northerly breeze and against high run-ning waves, our Indians were finally persuaded to try the sevenmile passage to Carroll. All our belongings were entrusted tothe canoe, but we two took the land route to a position oppositethe island, skirting the shore, in order to Hghten the canoe foreasier battle with wind and waves. We were plainly told thatnone but fools ventured out on the ocean in such a sea. It wastherefore with some misgivings that we watched the canoe al-ternately ride clear on the crest of a huge wave and then com- 194 The Wilson Bulletin—No. 65. pletely disappear in an equally deep trough, as we kept abreasto^ it. In the quiet lea of a bold rock which formed the seaward endof a spur running out into the ocean toward Carroll, we em-barked. By keeping in the lea of Wishaloolth, about two miles. landward of Carroll, a smooth passage was effected to this is-land, which was visited the day previous by the two hours inspection here afforded rest to the tired Indians, andenabled us to estimate the damage inflicted by the visitors. On JONES—On Washington Coast ] 95
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