This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... for towing, until after 6 P.m. Ice coming down Miers Channel bothered us a good deal. We got nothing new, and no fish, which I had hopes of doing. I shot two terns--the first seen this summer--which I am keeping as specimens. Bruce worked at the zoology. He got a new fish, about nine inches long--a species of gaddus- ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... for towing, until after 6 P.m. Ice coming down Miers Channel bothered us a good deal. We got nothing new, and no fish, which I had hopes of doing. I shot two terns--the first seen this summer--which I am keeping as specimens. Bruce worked at the zoology. He got a new fish, about nine inches long--a species of gaddus--in the trap to-day, and also a star-fish (true, not a brittle-star.) June 25 th, Friday.---To-day I began photographing the sketches (biological) Bruce has made since he has been here. I then developed them. This is to guard against possible loss of the sketches. I am also making a collection of photographs of the birds here. June 26th, Saturday.--I have been hard at work all day photographing the rest of Bruce's biological sketches and about half a dozen birds. Just before dinner I went for a short walk with the doctor to Sharpe's Rock. Armitage did one or two odd jobs about the place. June 28th, Monday.--About 2 P.m. a bear was seen stalking Bruce, who was at work at the hole on the floe by the photographic berg. As Bruce did not see him at first, I started off on ski with my rifle, followed by Armitage and the doctor with rifles. On Bruce catching sight of him "Mr. Bear" made a circuit behind some hummocks, but seeing us in pursuit, and as Bruce shouted unfortunately, he made off towards the water's edge. Armitage and the doctor returned to the hut as the floe is very bad walking, but I followed in the bear's track's and might have got within shooting distance of him, but unfortunately Bruce again shouted to me from the top of a berg, which scared him, and he took to the water and made for an ice piece, which he again left on my walking to the edge of the floe, and swam off towards some floating ice about a mile off. We want bear ...
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