AMONG THE WATER-FOWL 
that they were the most quarrelsome of all the Cliff- 
Dwellers, though for the most part they were 
peaceable enough. At times I saw groups of them 
huddled together in friendly fashion, some of them, 
probably mates, caressing one another with their 
bills. Yetscire= 
quently there 
were manifesta- 
tions of displea- 
sure and hostil- 
ity. One instance 
was especially 
curious. “Tesaw 
a Gannet plunge 
into the water 
from mid-air, 
and come to the 
surface with a 
fish’ Or )- keene 
Another at once 
laid hold on the 
prize, and there 
ut followed a long 
“AFTER THAT I AIMED AT A WHOLE CRAG ON tug ot war. I pur 
WHICH rah pee ces oe Sat ae ae posed seeing the 
IN A LARGER GROUP 4 Fai r through, 
but after ten minutes they seemed no nearer to a 
finish than at first, and something else distracted my 
attention. It is a splendid sight, of which I could 
never tire, to watch the great fellows scale close by 
the top of the cliff, with extended wings that meas- 
ure as far across as a man can stretch, and then 
glide down and out over the ocean, at times to 
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