. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. LANDING AT BOGOSLOF 95 species of diver. With our glasses we could see the mur- res, when we were several miles away, making the air al- most thick about the rocks as with clouds of black specks. We could see the sea-lions too, great windrows of them upon the beach. We dropped anchor about two miles away and a party of seven or eight went ashore in a boat — a hazardous proceeding our Captain thought, as the fog seemed likely to drop at any moment and obliterate island and ship alike; but it did not drop — only the top of the island was obli
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. LANDING AT BOGOSLOF 95 species of diver. With our glasses we could see the mur- res, when we were several miles away, making the air al- most thick about the rocks as with clouds of black specks. We could see the sea-lions too, great windrows of them upon the beach. We dropped anchor about two miles away and a party of seven or eight went ashore in a boat — a hazardous proceeding our Captain thought, as the fog seemed likely to drop at any moment and obliterate island and ship alike; but it did not drop — only the top of the island was obliterated. We could see the sea-lions lift themselves up and gather in groups as the boat approached their rookery. Then, after the landing was effected, they disappeared and we could see the spray rise up as the monsters plunged. SEA-LIONS. into the water. Hundreds of them were in a small lake a few rods back from the shore, and the spectacle which the procession of the huge creatures made rushing across the beach to the sea was described as something most ex- traordinary. Those who were so fortunate as to witness it, placed it among the three or four most memorable events of their 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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