Gulls apparently Hermann's followed us for some distance. They are rather different in appearance on the wing from young westerns. About noon we arrived at the 1st Mary Island after passing a low desolate island to the N.E. The other two Mary Islands are to the South. There is a Prism Camp here with a Gunwal in charge. The Gunwal came aboard and was very courteous about letting us ashore and telling us about the country. He brought us two cage birds of his, some sort of Hooded Oriole and a Tanager. He also brought aboard a 120 box he was sending to San Francisco. We did not go ashore at the Island Prison because of lack of time but about 5 P.M. went ashore at the salt works. The Islands are covered with bushy timber growing at most thirty feet high! We struck back towards the salt lagoons towards them