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 114 TH CONDOR Vol. XVIII our goodly craft. The spirit of pervading quiet settled down over the face of the brooding waters. However, shortly before midnight, a stiff wind came out of the northwest freshening up the waves and adding tone to the erstwhile quiet aspect of the night. This soon increased to a gale accompanied by a heavy sea. On all sides the threatening wind beat into a driving spray the curly white crests of the salty waves. Our course was to the northwest in the face of the wind. No headway could be made by tacking, owing to the strong adverse wind and the heavy sea, which not only drove the boat leeward but also dashed over the boat, saturating everybody and everything except the provisions that were safely stored away under the hatches. The anchor was dropped at about 3 A.M. in some sixty feet of water and at a distance of a mile or so west of the south end of Antelope Island, and the boat was bailed out prepar- atory to snatching a little sleep. Towards morning the wind quieted down and the party arose and made a few feeble and sluggish attempts towards the prevention of getting any colder. The prevailing opinion at first was night, bat this illusion proved to be produced due to its being impregnated with salt from As there were few or no facilities for exercise, that we had frozen during the by the stiffness of our clothing, the previous night's saturation. the situation resolved itself into each of us telescoping as far as possible into his clothes, mudturtle-wise, and awaiting the rising sun. How welcome were the pink tints reflected from the western peaks can be imagined only by those who were members of the party. The sun finally came over Antelope Jsland very slowly, and with it a slight breeze su that we were able to make our way to this island. ' A brief examination was made of the vicinity of our temporary camp but nothing of any ornithological interest was found. After a stay of perhaps two hours, we embarked at about 10 A.M. for Hat Island, some thirty- eight miles away. 'We encountered a slight northerly breeze so our progress was slow. A few 'solitary gulls, several small flocks of from  four to twelve Eared Grebes feeding on the floating refuse of the lake, an occasional Great Blue Heron, and several flocks of the White Pelican were seen. Now and then the peep of a hummingbird, presumably the Blaek-ehinned, was heard in the air above. We also saw two cormorants in the distance flying close to the water, according to their custom. At about three o'clock in the afternoon a stiff northeast wind sprang up, and we made very good time toward Hat Jsland. When in the current from Bear River, some ten miles from the island, we saw a large number of gulls feeding in the water, presumably upon the food material brought in from Bear River. Towards evening many isolated gulls overtook us while they were returning from foraging expeditions to the mainland. The nearer the island the more numerous and vociferous did the bird life become. At 7:35 the sun sank into the red and golden west and in about half an hour we passed into the quiet lee of Hat Island. Here we were greeted by the nasal squawks and aerial courtesies of literally thousands of gulls that arose from the island and wheeled around over our boat. Words are inade- quate to convey any impression or to give a concept of the vastness of their numbers. They seemed to literally jostle one another in the air as they clouded the sky with their mass. They were suggestive of a huge swarm of bees or the clouds of Passenger Pigeons that Audubon describes. When in