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Guillemots became common nearer the Island.
Crowding onto way slowly along now held stationary between to [[two]] great [[strikethrough]] blo [[/strikethrough]] capes now gliding along slowly through places almost free from ice the land slowly changed before our eager eyes and half hopeful and half fearful that something would debar us at last we watched closely as the Corwin nosed her way cautiously in until first the bolder [[morstrings?]] on the surface came out under the glasses - then small spurs, boulder and rough edged spurs & columns came out and could be plainly seen with the naked eye. Numerous flocks of murres came gliding by curiously, examining this strange intruder upon
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their grounds whose among solitude were only broken once before by man when the brave Killet made his landing here from the "Herald" - We approached from the Eastern by South edge of the Island - Now within half a mile myriads of Uria lomvia, were seen circling + darting above the precipitous faces with thousands of Pigeon guillemots and Kozfres Kittiwakes all three of which species were there in great profusion - A few pairs of Graculus violaceus and Larus glancus were also seen upon the cliffs of Gr Islanded - All about upon small fragments of ice pretty groups of murres were formed here and there turning their heads from side to side with a pretty look of innocent
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