. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . full-grown young birds, is drawn up to the top,or tofled down to the boat at the bottom, accordingto the fituation of concurring circumllances of timeand place. In thefe hollows he takes his reft, andfometimes remains during the night, efpecially whenthey happen to be at fuch vaft and ftupendousheights. To others of lefs magnitude the fowlerscommonly climb from the bottom, with the help oftheir hooked poles only, by which they affift, andpufli or pull up, each other from hold to hold, andin this manner traverfe the whole front of thef
. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . full-grown young birds, is drawn up to the top,or tofled down to the boat at the bottom, accordingto the fituation of concurring circumllances of timeand place. In thefe hollows he takes his reft, andfometimes remains during the night, efpecially whenthey happen to be at fuch vaft and ftupendousheights. To others of lefs magnitude the fowlerscommonly climb from the bottom, with the help oftheir hooked poles only, by which they affift, andpufli or pull up, each other from hold to hold, andin this manner traverfe the whole front of thefrightful fear. To a feeling mind the very fight ofthis hazardous employment, in whatever way it ispurfued, is painful; for, indeed, it often happensthat thefe adventurous poor men, in this life-taking 400 BRITISH BIRDS, mode of obtaining their living, flip their hold, areprecipitated from one projedion to another, withincreafmg velocity, and fall mangled upon the rocks,or are for ever buried in the abyfs beneath. PRINTED BY EDW. WALKER, NEWCASTLE. r ^i SfCciAL. THE GETTY CENTERLIBRARY
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