Scottish geographical magazine . rived there on the morning of July 30th, anchor-ing in 10 fathoms off the south-east of the island, at the foot of MountMisery. This time a landing was successfully accomplished. Once ashore we all went in different directions, and came home bythe end of the day pretty heavily laden. I climbed up Mount Misery toa height of 600 feet, and did not go farther because of a thick cloudwhich enveloped the other 600 feet, in which I should have been ableto see nothing. At this height, however, I came across a bird-berg swarming with kittiwake gulls, fulmar petrels, puf
Scottish geographical magazine . rived there on the morning of July 30th, anchor-ing in 10 fathoms off the south-east of the island, at the foot of MountMisery. This time a landing was successfully accomplished. Once ashore we all went in different directions, and came home bythe end of the day pretty heavily laden. I climbed up Mount Misery toa height of 600 feet, and did not go farther because of a thick cloudwhich enveloped the other 600 feet, in which I should have been ableto see nothing. At this height, however, I came across a bird-berg swarming with kittiwake gulls, fulmar petrels, puffins, and of the eggs were hatched, and some of the young birds were begin-ning to fly. I got a number of fossils also in situ at this point. BearIsland is a desolate, wind-swept island, but in the interior are anumber of fresh-water ponds which would, no doubt, be interesting tothe zoologist. In the evening we left for Hope Island, which we cameupon in a thick fog; but such a good course had been steered that we. W^^^^^M^. ^^> ^?^ NORTH SHORE OF OSAXGIN& POINT, BARENTS ISLAND,GINEVRA BAY.
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