once for the purpose of getting [122] birds and eggs. They let them- selves down by means of a rope to a shelf on the face of the cliff, but while they were at work some [illegible]- nak residents who resented this poaching on what they regarded as their own bird preserve took away the rope and left the intruders to escape from their dangerous perch as best they could. After some days of difficult work, the men succeeded in getting down and they left the region never to return or to be followed by others. Late in the afternoon of the seven- teenth, we reached the "cliff" and were more than glad to get there safely, the wind then being on the increase again. The vessel was