THE CORMORANT. 



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A colony of these birds nestled on the ledges of a great rocky cliff in the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence. A naturalist was very anxious to see them, and 





THE CORMORANT. 



crawled along the cliff, some hundred feet abov^c the rolling waters, until he 

 found himself only a few yards above the nest. He could then see the 

 cormorants at home. 



