. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . rough weather made this impracticable, and from the Bird Rocksthe Grampus went direct to St. Johns, Newfoundland. Here we hadthe pleasure of meeting the Rev. M. Harvey, who most kindly gave usall the aid in his power, and here Capt. Dancan Baxter joined the ves-sel as Newfoundland pilot, although he also rendered most efficient aidas a collector. * We found a party on the Little Rock at the time of our visit, and later in the dayanother boats crew landed on the westerly beach of the Great , Proc. Bost. Soc.
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . rough weather made this impracticable, and from the Bird Rocksthe Grampus went direct to St. Johns, Newfoundland. Here we hadthe pleasure of meeting the Rev. M. Harvey, who most kindly gave usall the aid in his power, and here Capt. Dancan Baxter joined the ves-sel as Newfoundland pilot, although he also rendered most efficient aidas a collector. * We found a party on the Little Rock at the time of our visit, and later in the dayanother boats crew landed on the westerly beach of the Great , Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. xxii, p. 410. EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXI. Sketch Map of Funk Island. Outline from British Admiralty Chart; details by F. A. Lucas; elevations byCapt. J. W. Collins. The shaded portion indicates the location of remains of the Great Auk; intensityof shade denoting corresponding abundance of bones. To an observer on the island, the eastern and western points seem more roundedthan o-iven on the chart. Report of National Museum, 1888.— Lucas. Plate EXPEDITION TO FUNK ISLAND. 505 During our stay at St. Jolius we met several flsherinen who had vis-ited Fauk Island oq egging expeditions, but beyond ascertaining theposition of tlie best landing little knowledge was gained, nothing con-cerning the character of the soil, or the chances for and against securingremains of the Great Auk. Leaving St. Johns on the morning of July 21, we sailed northwardtoward Cape Bonavista, a headland that still bears its original appel-lation, followiug almost exactly the track pursued by Cartiers vesselsmore than three centuries ago. Daybreak on the morning of the 22d found us in sight of Funk Island,but the wind was so light that not until noon were we near enough fora boat to be lowered and a start made for the shore. But two collectors had visited Funk Island before us, Peter Stuvitzin 1841 and Prof. J. W. Milue in 1874, both of whom had been compelledto cut short their stay and
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