THE BIRDS OF BEMPTOX CLIFFS. 



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E. Hodgson remembers how his father, when he found the 

 weight below too much for him, used to call to the boy 

 to leave his rope and pull till the climber got to a place 

 where the weight was taken off the man at the top. The 

 record haul with this method was seven score eggs, a part 



Fig. 



-Edward and"John Hodgson. 



or the cliff still bearing the name of "Seven Score Place," 

 in remembrance of the feat. The weight carried by the 

 climber can be reckoned at about 4 eggs per lb., or 2J 

 stone, which he and the man above had to raise to the 

 top, in addition to his own weight. 



Those were the good times, before slaughter became the 



