94 About the Feathered Folk. 



for leisure, they haven't an idea 

 what it means. 



They fly heavily, but quickly, 

 their short wings working round 

 like a mill. They swim and dive 

 in an amazing way indeed, they 

 accomplish every duty of their lives 

 with an energy and a dash that 

 would go far to wear any other 

 species of bird to tatters. 



They are pugnacious, too ; and I 

 have been told by the cragsmen in 

 Canada of their having fought with, 

 and slain, such Guillemots or Razor- 

 bills who have dared, contrary to 

 cliff-law, to invade their territories. 



Puffins make burrows some three 

 feet deep, curved and angled in a 

 way that makes it a difficult job for 

 a man to get at an egg or a young 

 one. A terrier dog belonging to a 

 friend of mine had something the 

 nature of the Puffins themselves 

 as far as being a busybody goes 

 and he loved nothing better than to 



