Show 155 The whole neck and the shores were occupied by flocks of pelicans and gulls disturbed now for the first time probably by the intrusion of nan They darkened the air as they rose upon the wind literally The ground was thickly strewn with their nests of which there must have been some thousands Numerous young unfledged pelicans --were found in the nests on the ground and hundreds half grown huddled together in groups near the water while the old ones retired to a long line of on the southern side of the bay where they stood drawn up like Prussian soldiers in ranks three or four deep for hours together apparently without motion Immense numbers of the young birds are huddled together in groups about the island under the charge of a gravelooking nurse or keeper who all the time that ve were there was relieved froEi guard at intervals as regularly immense sand-bea- ch as a sentinel Since water and supplies were almost unobtainable on the west shore Stansbury decided to abandon the project of lines one at the water's edge and one Since the storm line was in some cases along the storm line several miles from the shore line long marches during which all supplies water food and instruments had to be carried running two survey on the backs of the men proved too difficult As a matter of discovered that practically all a man could carry through the mud and sand was about enough water to keep himself supplied for the day Even after these long marches were abandoned the shore parties occasionally got lost and fact it was soon considerable hardship before finding their way back to camp Great difficulty was also experienced in obtaining water from Indian Springs In heavy storms or extreme calms it vas serious business to start across some twenty miles of A storm on the lake can put any craft in a very water underwent |