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noon, but for the three following days the guests at 

 the hotel were aware of the fact that we had paid a 

 visit to the whaling station ! 



Next year, instead of going to the Hebrides, I went 

 to Cornwall, and here I had numerous opportunities 

 for photographing some of our commoner food fishes. 

 During this particular trip my brother and I did a 

 certain amount of sea-bird photography, and we photo- 

 graphed one particular common gull from the time it 

 hatched until it left the ledge of rock upon which the 

 nest had been built. It was a pretty sight to see the 

 young bird peering over the edge of the cliff into the 

 sea below, wondering how long it would be before he 

 could fish for himself. 



My next photographic holiday was spent at Port 

 Erin, and to this place, in addition to the tanks already 

 described, I took a large tank which, as a rule, I only 

 use at home. And here I would give a word of warn- 

 ing to those using large glass tanks in hot weather. 

 This tank, which held several hundredweight of water, 

 was set up just behind the biological station. Here the 

 sun blazed upon the glass, while the cold sea-water 

 from a large storage tank ran through it to the plaice 

 ponds beyond. My brother and I had been working 

 in front of this tank all the morning, and had only just 

 left to go home to lunch. When not a hundred yards 

 from the station we heard a terrific bang, and running 

 back found that the tank had burst, and that huge 

 pieces of half-inch plate glass had been thrown a dis- 



