Show A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT mallona upon bl simiona illions of snowwhite snow white birds in trans trails siberian savages the author gives the description of a beautiful and unique phenomenon which he witnessed off the shore of sakhalin Sak Sal halin chalin is island the bright blue water was so 0 o clear that for a long distance from the shore he could see the bottom and even the fishes shoals shoal of which were moving gently gentle hither and t thither above the swimming fish was a strange phenomenon the surface of tb the e water was like dazzling snow this brilliant white surface which extended over an area of nearly a square mile was not sea foam for with the exception of the ocean swell the water was placid as a lake my friend seeing my delight motioned me to hand him one of the rifles ile he took no aim but simply fired instantly the air was full of skimming snowflakes scintillating in the bright sunshine against the deep blue sky right across the horizon while the surface of the w water er ceased to be white and became uniform in its blueness this is the most beautiful sight this thi I 1 s latitude has to offer and most fortu fortunate n was I 1 in getting it just at that season minions millions upon millions of exquisitely white birds migrate to that spot they are whiter than the whitest of gulls and their plumage is much more brilliant so as to be quite dazzling in the sunshine what these birds a are re I 1 had no opportunity of determining |