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G M Johnston
1948
Brouse
15 May. Seymour Canal, Alaska
Pleasant Bay -
Since we entered the Bay
and anchored about 8 PM.
a continual whoooomp,
whooomp, whooomp, a
low, resonant sound that
seems to come from all
directions around the
bay, has been heard.
It has no breaks - contin-
ues steadily.. Mr. Kohlwus
said it was the Brouse.
Whether it is one or a num-
ber of brouse making the
sound I can't tell. It
sounds as though it would
be made by only one because
of its constancy * but
yet it is heard from
all parts of the woods
perhaps its resonant qual-
ty gives it this non-
directional aspect.
* and unglues of sound coming consecutively
in rhythm.
17 May Holkham Bay, Alaska
N side Sundum Pen.
Same sound heard.