Modern Cliff-Dwellers 



Pinnacle, that stood about a hundred yards off, with 

 shallow water intervening. Then we undertook to 

 scale the cliff. Kittiwakes had nests here and there 

 on the sides, a few of them within reach by a little 

 climbing. Fortunately there were ledges and pro- 

 jections not far apart. We let young Bourque 

 climb up lirst, using my shoulders for a ladder, and 

 had him pull us 



1 SELECTED ONE OF THE [g A.N X E 1 b '] NESTS TO 

 PHOTOGRAPH, A GOOD LARGE ONE WITH 

 AN EGG IN IT AND A SIZABLE FISH 

 LAID UP OX THE EDGE " 



we were safely 



landed on the top. 



This we found to 



consist of bare tiat 



rock, which was 



covered with nests 



of the Gannets 



about a yard apart 



all over the area. 



They were piles 



of sea-weed, more 



or less bulky, and most of them were empty. 



Later in the day we learned the cause. 



I selected one of the nests to photograph, a good 

 large one with an egg in it and a sizable fish laid 

 up on the edge for future use. Just then the 

 Keeper called out, from below — " Gentlemen, we 

 must leave ; there's a squall coming !" Looking 

 toward the west and north, I saw a threatening 

 haze and an evident line of wind, shown bv a 

 whitened sea. I hurried so that I spoiled one plate, 

 but I got the nest taken, and then, without stopping 



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