. Audubon and his journals . mation of danger, and with thewish to induce the sitting mate to lie quiet and Lincoln, John, and I went on shore after two Bears,which I heard distinctly, but they eluded our pursuit byswimming from an island to the main land. Coolidgesparty went to the Murre Rocks, where the Guillemotsbreed, and brought about fifteen hundred eggs. Shat-tuck killed two Gannets with a stick; they could havedone the same with thousands of Guillemots when theylanded; the birds scrambled off in such a hurried, con-fused, and frightened manner as to render them whatCharles B
. Audubon and his journals . mation of danger, and with thewish to induce the sitting mate to lie quiet and Lincoln, John, and I went on shore after two Bears,which I heard distinctly, but they eluded our pursuit byswimming from an island to the main land. Coolidgesparty went to the Murre Rocks, where the Guillemotsbreed, and brought about fifteen hundred eggs. Shat-tuck killed two Gannets with a stick; they could havedone the same with thousands of Guillemots when theylanded; the birds scrambled off in such a hurried, con-fused, and frightened manner as to render them whatCharles Bonaparte calls stupid, and they were so terri-fied they could scarcely take to wing. The island wasliterally covered with eggs, dung, and feathers, and smeltso shockingly that Ingalls and Coolidge were quite killed a White-winged Crossbill on these Murrerocks; for several weeks we have seen these birds passover us, but have found none anywhere on shore. Wehave had a beautiful day, and would have sailed for Bras. JOHN WOODHOUSE AUDUBOX. FROM THE MIMATURK BY F. CRLIKbHANK, THE LABRADOR JOURNAL 413 dOr, but our anchor stuck into a rock, and just as wemight have sailed, a heavy fog came on, so here we 26. I did not write last night because we were atsea and the motion was too disagreeable, and my mindwas as troubled as the ocean. We left Bale de Portagebefore five in the morning, with a good breeze, intendingto come to at Chevaliers settlement, forty-seven miles;but after sailing thirty, the wind failed us, it rained andblew, with a tremendous sea which almost shook the mastsout of our good vessel, and about eight we were abreastof Bonne Esperance; but as our pilot knew as much ofthis harbor as he did of the others, which means nothingat all, our captain thought prudent to stand off and pro-ceed to Bras dOr. The coast we have followed is likethat we have hitherto seen, crowded with islands of allsizes and forms, against which the raging waves break ina fright
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