. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . plodding wearily in the wake, they throw great circles of 862 111; l!()( )TKI) Iliglit alxmt tlic heleaj^iRTCil vessel and seem thus in sheer wantonness lo mocktlie labor of steam, l^xcelled in ])(i\\ers of tliyht h\- none, and rivalled only bytlie Man o War liinl (IriiinUi aqiiihij. the Albatross is at once the marveland the despaii of human attainment ; attainment noi merely by wav of imita-tion—thai were impdssihle—but in tlie mailer of understanding;, l
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . plodding wearily in the wake, they throw great circles of 862 111; l!()( )TKI) Iliglit alxmt tlic heleaj^iRTCil vessel and seem thus in sheer wantonness lo mocktlie labor of steam, l^xcelled in ])(i\\ers of tliyht h\- none, and rivalled only bytlie Man o War liinl (IriiinUi aqiiihij. the Albatross is at once the marveland the despaii of human attainment ; attainment noi merely by wav of imita-tion—thai were impdssihle—but in tlie mailer of understanding;, llow docshe do it? .Xpparenllv by a mere ellorl of will. ceriainK \\ithi>ut \isible pro-pulsion, the bird skims low o\er the water. eludiiiL; with consummate skill theune\enly-crested wa\es. or else shuois aloft witliout a stinke upon those rigidly outstretchedpinions. Vet in s])iteof the factthat all of(J c cans un-t r a m m e 1 e dwastes are be-fore him, andthat abundant\ lands, fishand Sfpiids andsea - f a r i n gc rust aceans,a w ait hispleasure, thisn:)\-er is singu-larlv at ourmercv. Thetragedy of the. Taken on Laysan Island. Photo bj IV. K. Fishe Ancient Mari-THE DUET ner was first of all a trag-edy of biiddife. Tlie conlidence of an Albatross was wantonh l)etra\ed andall the misfortune followed—in the story. In jjoint of fact the betraval, thonot the retribution, has been a thousand times repeated. On certain ships it isconsidered great sport to shoot MolKniawks; and pum]i guns are far moredestructise than crossbows. But that is not the worst. Haxing the sea before him. tlie Albatrosscould, of course, let us alone if we were unworthv of confidence; but we have(lisco\-ered his breeding haunts upon certain isl;mds of the mid-Pacific. Hereis what hap])ened in one instance in the case of a related species, the LaysanAlbatross. lyioiucdca iniiinitabilis. It was on Marcus Island ( Lat. 24° 14 N.,Long. 1 =;4° R. ), for a time under control (d the Ja])anese, but later
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