Ocean Wanderers 



rather out of practice in pedestrianism. In the 

 same way several more were captured. When re- 

 leased, at length, by being thrown into the air, they 

 went scaling off over the ocean. I could not tell 

 whether or not the same individuals returned to the 

 feast, as they were soon lost among the many that 

 were flying about. 



The skipper said that out on the Banks the fisher- 

 men catch the Haglets and put several of them 

 together in a barrel to get them fighting. Each 

 seems to consider the others its enemies, and they 

 will all set to screaming and tearing at one another 

 in the most desperate fashion. From the accounts 

 of this Hag-baiting I should judge that Game-cocks 

 and Kilkenny Cats had at least their equals in these 

 marine fighters. I could not quite bring myself to 

 experiment with this cruelty, contenting myself 

 with the description, that the traits of these birds 

 here observed made entirely credible. 



It was much more difficult to photograph the 

 Petrels than the Shearwaters. Thev moved so 

 quickly that it was hard to get the camera focused 

 and aimed at short range before they were off, and, 

 even when I did, the motion of their wings was so 

 rapid that it required more speed than that of an 

 ordinary shutter. To-dav, however, with the new 

 Reflex camera or the focusing finder, these diffi- 

 culties have been greatly lessened. 



Once out on the fishing-grounds, aside from the 

 vicissitudes of the elements, there is always the 

 delightful uncertainty as to what a day may bring 



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