OcEAN WANDERERS 
featmandidespait, the Gullor Pern does what it 
knows the robber wants, disgorges the hard-earned 
contents of its crop,—a choice fish, or a mass of 
half-digested matter. No further use, at present, 
has the pirate now for his victim. Poising for an 
instant, he swoops down after the meteoric shower 
of food, usually catching it before it reaches the 
water. If not, he alights, gathers it in, and then 
kites away in search of another swallow of the sea, 
on which to pour the vials of his wrath. ‘There 
are so many more of the hunted than of the hunt- 
ing, that the former might easily combine and mob 
the marauder, did they but know their real power. 
We saw this process repeated until we were too 
far off shore for Terns to be often found. But the 
Jaegers do not depend upon Terns; they can forage 
for themselves, and, in fact, they do it for the most 
part. On the fishing-grounds I was delighted to 
find them as abundant as Shearwaters, or even more 
so. ‘They hung about us all day in large numbers, 
and partook of the liver that I threw out to them. 
Despite all my efforts, I could not get one near 
enough for a satisfactory picture. Perhaps I might 
have done so, but for the tamer Shearwaters, that 
were always the first to gobble up any bait near the 
boat, before the Jaeger, hovering off in distrust, 
could make up his mind to venture. This time we 
had towed out a little skiff, and, as it was quite 
calm, I rowed off in it from the vessel, hoping that 
in this way I might approach them. The Petrels 
came up very close, but the Jaegers, though they 
Hew rather low over my head, would not come 
down near, where I wanted them. 
SG) 
