Soft feathers for mattresses were in great demand both at home and abroad, and Torishima was a remote island whose only inhabitants were the thousands of albatross that arrived there regularly to breed.
ამ ალბატროსებს შორის იყვნენ თეთრზურგა ალბატროსები, რომლებიც განსაკუთრებით იზიდავდა ტამაოკის.