With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . e could be any doubt but that the eggs in thewater had originally been laid on the ledge wherethe warm eggs were resting, and that they hadaccidentally rolled away and been lost to theirowners for hatching purposes. The St. Kildanswhom I consulted upon the matter were of thesame opinion, and corroborated the statements ofother cragsmen in regard to an individual birdalways laying a similar type of egg. After the usual difficulties of re-embarkation hadbeen successfully surmounted
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . e could be any doubt but that the eggs in thewater had originally been laid on the ledge wherethe warm eggs were resting, and that they hadaccidentally rolled away and been lost to theirowners for hatching purposes. The St. Kildanswhom I consulted upon the matter were of thesame opinion, and corroborated the statements ofother cragsmen in regard to an individual birdalways laying a similar type of egg. After the usual difficulties of re-embarkation hadbeen successfully surmounted Ave steered for Soa,which we found to be the most awkward island toeffect a landing upon which we had yet in writing of it says :— It is dangerous toascend; the landing is also very liazardous both inregard of the raging sea on the rock that nnist l)eclimbed. He contented himself by watching bothdone, a fact wliicli, I am inclined to think, onlylessened liis appreciation of the difficulties. AVc got ashore, after a great deal of scrandjlingand excitement, at a place where the rocks sloped. GUILLEMOTS ON CLIFF. 108 WITH XATUEE AND A CAMEBA. at a much more acute angle tlian the roof of mosthouses, and were in addition covered hy a crop ofextremely slippery sea-weed. From this point wewere all tied together, Alpine fashion, and beganto ascend the almost perpendicular cliff by the aidof crannies and ledges, which were in many placesnot more than an inch in depth, and barely affordeda sufHcient resting-place for our toes or arriving at a place where the precipice was brokenup into huge boulders and shelves which admittedof easier and safer progress, the men began to givens an exhibition of their skill with the fowling-rodamongst the Guillemots and Razorbills. Some oftheir captures were so clever that it appeared as ifthey exercised some kind of destructive charm overthe poor birds. My brother commenced to busy himself aitergetting a photograph of
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