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and also fossil shells and that the Indians tell him of a lake near the portage to the Yukon where these bones are very numerous.

Sunday May 6 '77

Rain in the morning, cleared about 9 a.m. after which the sun appeared at intervals during the rest of the day. At 7.15 P.M. [[strikethrough]] on to [[/strikethrough]] two high peaks on the island of Analga were sighted, about 40 miles distant on the right & too the N.W.

A large no. of the various petrels were observed during the day & were far more numerous than at any time during the trip previously.

[[strikethrough]] A [[/strikethrough]] 2 different species were seen, [[strikethrough]] one all [[/strikethrough]] for the 1st time, one all white with wings black tipped as in gulls and about the size of a Ringbill gull - the other appeared in flight & much like a small plover & had a slender bill & two dark cresent [[crescent]] shaped spots or bars on the nape of sides of the neck -

A whale was seen in the morning and