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At this point it should be stated that my photo- 

 graphic outfit consisted of an ancient but useful 

 4X5" Waterbury Detective/' containing a wide 

 angle, short- focus lens, and designed for general 

 handwork ; a 4 X 5 long-focus " Premo " with a 6- 

 inch trade lens and Unicum shutter, for use from a 

 tripod or in photographing nests, landscapes, etc., 

 and a 5 X 7 twin lens with a 10-inch lens and Prosch 

 shutter, a camera made especially for animal pho- 

 tography, but which was undesirably bulky. 



None of these was of service in photographing 

 the inhabitants of Perce* Rock from the land, nor 

 could a telephoto be used to advantage, the Rock 

 being so much higher than the adjoining mainland. 

 From a boat near the base of the southeast side of 

 the Rock a better opportunity is afforded for pho- 

 tographing its summit, and the best of several at- 

 tempts made at this point is here presented. 78 Ex- 

 amined under a glass it conveys some idea of the 

 number of birds occupying the top of the Rock ; and 

 while one regrets that the camera does so little jus- 

 tice to the subject, one can not but rejoice that here, 

 at least, is one place to which probably for all time 

 birds may return each year and rear their young in 

 perfect security. 



In crevices in the face of the Rock numbers of 

 Guillemots nest, and directly above the pierced 

 opening dwell a colony of about thirty Kittiwakes, 

 who have apparently taken up their residence in the 

 Rock within comparatively recent years, since none 

 were here in 1881 when Mr. William Brewster vis- 

 ited Percd 



Wherever one be about Perce*, in the town or 



