rifle and explore the island. It was pitiably small but furnished a little grub.
On that first trip I got one rabbit, as far as I know, the only one on the island, but I also found a few seagulls nests with eggs in them. That was a thrilling discovery until we found out that the majority of them were partially hatched. But an egg must be good or it wouldn’t hatch and a few blood streaks were hardly noticeable when scrambled.
A loon was our next bag. A loon is a large water bird which lives on fish and tastes like them, after they have gone rotten. I boiled the first one for almost 4 or 5 hours and dished him up. He looked most appetising, [appetizing] but
