. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. 28 JOHN BURROUGHS Our collectors bring in a Steller's jay, a russet-backed thrush, an Oregon junco, a gray fox sparrow, a lutescent warbler, a rufous-backed chickadee with nest and eggs, and a red-throated woodpecker. At eight o'clock we are off again toward Wrangell Narrows, across the superb Wrangell Bay. At noon we see Devil's Thumb on our right, a naked shaft over sixteen hundred feet high rising from a mountain which is over seven thousand feet. It is a thumb of goodly dimen- sions. The next day we see our first glacier, the Pat- terso
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. 28 JOHN BURROUGHS Our collectors bring in a Steller's jay, a russet-backed thrush, an Oregon junco, a gray fox sparrow, a lutescent warbler, a rufous-backed chickadee with nest and eggs, and a red-throated woodpecker. At eight o'clock we are off again toward Wrangell Narrows, across the superb Wrangell Bay. At noon we see Devil's Thumb on our right, a naked shaft over sixteen hundred feet high rising from a mountain which is over seven thousand feet. It is a thumb of goodly dimen- sions. The next day we see our first glacier, the Pat- terson, a small affair, compared with those we were soon to see; indeed about the smallest lamb of the flock of Muir's Mountain sheep, but interesting to novice eyes. It lies there low in the lap or apron of the mountain and suggests the fragment of an arrested or congealed river. All the afternoon we sailed under cloudless skies along Fred- erick Sound, feasting our eyes upon the vast panorama of the encircling mountains. When we tire of this there are n WRANGELL PASSAGE NEAR WRANGELL NARROWS. the low curving shores and nearer-by heights and the nu- merous tree-capped islands that seem floating upon the blue expanse of water. Many whales are seen blowing, their glistening backs emerging from the water, turning slowly like the periphery of a huge Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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