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THE GANNET 



on the rock-bound coast of Kerry, some seventeen miles 

 north-west of the Bull. The approach to the Skellig from 

 Port Magee, a village where there is a small fish-curing 



Little Skellig 

 Great Skellig 



THE SKELLIG ROCKS. 



industry, cannot fail to be impressed on the memory of any 

 who have been there. So will the view of the twin Skelligs 

 from Puffin Island,* which is nearly half-way. Seen from 



* Puffin Island hardly deserves its name, for there are no longer 

 abixndance of Puffins, but, as we were told, many Manx Shearwaters. A 

 pair of the Greater Shearwater were seen at sea the day before our visit 

 (April 9th) by the boatmen, who described them. 



