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rather out of practice in pedestrianism. In the 
same way several more were captured. When re- 
leased, at length, by being thrown into the air, they 
went scaling off over the ocean. I could not tell 
whether or not the same individuals returned to the 
feast, as they were soon lost among the many that 
were flying about. 
The skipper said that out on the Banks the fisher- 
men catch the Haglets and put several of them 
together in a barrel to get them fighting. Each 
seems to consider the others its enemies, and they 
will all set to screaming and tearing at one another 
in the most desperate fashion. From the accounts 
of this Hag-baiting I should judge that Game-cocks 
and Kilkenny Cats had at least their equals in these 
marine fighters. I could not quite bring myself to 
experiment with this cruelty, contenting myself 
with the description, that the traits of these birds 
here observed made entirely credible. 
It was much more difficult to photograph the 
Petrels than the Shearwaters. ‘They moved so 
quickly that it was hard to get the camera focused 
and aimed at short range before they were off, and, 
even when I did, the motion of their wings was so 
rapid that it required more speed than that of an 
ordinary shutter. ‘To-day, however, with the new 
Reflex camera or the focusing finder, these difh- 
culties have been greatly lessened. 
Once out on the fishing-grounds, aside from the 
vicissitudes of the elements, there is always the 
delightful uncertainty as to what a day may bring 
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