A Trip to the Farallones. 



Francisco restaurants. The shell is so 

 tough that the eggs may be tossed 

 about almost as freely as so many 

 cobblestones, thus making the cargo 

 an especially easy one to handle. A 

 party of Greek fishermen made a prac- 

 tice of camping upon the Farallones 

 during the egging season and gather- 

 ing enough eggs to keep one of their 

 largest craft constantly employed trans- 

 porting them to town. Upon estab- 

 lishing themselves on the island they 

 would first go about the accessible area 

 occupied by the birds and destroy every 

 egg which could be found. A day or 

 two later they would repeat their visit, 

 gathering a large supply of fresh eggs. 

 These visits were continued every 

 second or third day of the season, until 

 the resources of the birds were about 

 exhausted. The eggers wore rope 

 shoes to make their footing secure upon 

 the dangerous, rocky ledges, and the 

 fronts of their shirts were converted 

 into great pockets in which to carry the 



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