AMONG THE WaTER-FOowWL 
to examine further, we made the descent, lowering 
one another from ledge to ledge: —  sroldtithe 
anxious Keeper that I must have five minutes more, 
and rushed around to the other side of the island, 
where I could see what I named “the Rift.’ It 
was as though the island had at some time cracked 
apart, leaving an opening a few rods across, with 
perpendicular sides that furnished nesting-places for 
a number of Kittiwakes. I do not remember see- 
ing any Murres or Razor-bills, though there may 
have been a few on the sides not examined. ‘The 
sea evidently washes through this rift at times, 
though now one could walk across. I got time for 
one picture of it;cand “another ‘of the: Pinnacle, 
before the Keeper protested that I must come, and 
fairly dragged me into the boat. The wind was 
rising and the sea increasing. We got back to 
Great.. Bird Reck, however, before the squall 
finally came. ‘Then the wind blew quite hard 
and the rain poured down for some time, when it 
cleared again, giving us a beautiful calm, sunny 
afternoon. 
I spent the first part of the afternoon getting 
pictures of various birds by setting the camera on 
the rocks where they alit, with the tube attached. 
Later I went down with the Keeper again to the 
Gannet colony on the ledge at the north-west cor- 
ner, and did some photography, as on the first visit 
I did not take the camera: | Returning #to eine 
top, the Keeper tied a rope under my arms, and 
held it while I climbed down to a ledge near 
the top where a number of Murres were nesting, 
and secured a few identified eggs of both species, 
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