An Osprey’s Stronghold 257 
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and between us and the shore the water was many fathoms deep 
and of the most intense blue, with deep purple shadows below the 
great cliffs opposite. 
AN OSPREY’S STRONGHOLD. 
To reach the summit we had to effect a landing from a dinghy 
on some slippery rocks in a deep cavern into which the swell was 
gently surging. This cavern was full of nests of the Green Cor 
morant, mostly at the time of our visit containing hard-set eggs or 
black sprawling naked chicks. It is needless to insist on the aroma 
of the place. A scramble round some rocks and up a steep gully 
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