AN ISLAND OF EGGS.
Laysan Island, which has just been leased to a commercial company for its rich guano beds and its vast quantities of sea birds' eggs, is one of the wonder-spots of the globe.
It is a small island in the Sandwich Group, a veritable birds' paradise. Nearly all the sea birds make it their home, particularly the albatross. This graceful creature is famed for its great spread of wings, and its ability to remain for days, or even for Weeks, "in the air. They make Laysan Island their home, and here they lay eggs and rear their young.. The eggs, which can be eaten, are like a duck's egg in taste, and are collected by the barrowload, and shipped to Honolulu and other islands in tons. ..." .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17348, 20 December 1919, Page 5 (Supplement)
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129AN ISLAND OF EGGS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17348, 20 December 1919, Page 5 (Supplement)
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