Gulls and other wild fowl soared overhead or rode lightly upon the swell.

A school of shining caplin shimmered on the surface of the water.

Here and there a seal lifted its curious head for a moment, and then disappeared.

At intervals a grampus, with a startling, roaring blow, raised its great black back above the surface, and then sank again from view.
On barren hillsides patches of snow, remnants of mighty drifts, lay against the dark moist rocks like great white sheets, and here and there miniature ice pans rose and fell upon the swell, reminders of the long cold winter, for winter in this far northern clime is ever reluctant to relinquish its grasp upon the earth.
The glow in the east disappeared at length, and then the sun rose to caress them with his warmth.

Presently mirages appeared.