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- Set out about 120 traps.
Took boat over to long sand beach on
Graham. Rode in on the crest of a wave,
shipping a few gallons of water. Began
to wonder how we would ever get out
thru [through] the surf.
Walked the long beach, finding no
bodies + very few glass balls. Fresh foot
prints of homo sap. [sapiens] [underlined] tells the story.
Found 2 bottles with not [word crossed out] printed notes
in them - one giving "Assurance of
Salvation" and a quote from the bible
to unrefutedly back it up. The second
from Japan dropped to discover sea
currents.
Shipped many gallons of water
as breakers crashed over bow before
we finally got free of the island. Back
in camp supper the walk south on
beach. Many small glass balls, remains
of at least 3 sea lions but nothing
saveable. Caudal vertebrae of giant
whale strung out to look like some
giant bamboo.
Tried brewing up some of the many
gammarids shrimps found hopping up beach
Mike [Bigg] simply held out bag to let hundreds
hop in. Turned scarlet in boiling water but
comparatively tasteless + crunchy
27/5/cont [continued]
During afternoon found crow's nest, 4 eggs
6' up a 20' spruce. Saw one deer.
May 28 [1961]
Caught 4 Peromyscus giganticus in our 130
traps. Three with smashed skulls. Skinned
in morning. Shifted most of traps.
In afternoon walked north, clambering
over a series of narrow points and inlets
most of which formed a solid breeding colony
of alcids. Collected plenty of mosses, some
inverts [invertebrates]. Saw one doe.
Eagle nest near camp 60' up +
last few feet unclimbable.
About 11:30 pm walked to alcid colony
above [word crossed out] A full moon shon [shone] across the waters
of Peril Bay to light up blobs of the
forest where we waited. Only the raw
wind detracted from the occasion. About
12:15 the birds began to blunder their way
home about 50:50 ancient murrelets +
Cassin's Auklets. The latter when caught would
bring up gobs of [illegible word crossed out] shrimp chowder. Earl-
ier we had noticed the chowder at the
nest entrances. Also there seems to be
more excrement around Auklets burrows.
Heard some young + found one dead
near the sea.
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