PHOTOGRAPHING IN CLIFFS, ETC. 



tector of the great 

 skuas still breed- 

 ing on Herma 

 Ness. 



Many in fact, 

 I might say nearly 

 all cliff -climbers, 

 when making their 

 first descent, in- 

 stead of stepping 

 boldly over and 

 trusting to their 

 ropes, instinctively 

 clutch and cling to 

 the face of the crag, 

 as shown in our il- 

 lustration on p. 24, 

 and invariably lose 

 a liberal amount 

 of skin from their 

 knees and elbows 

 upon sharp pro- 

 jections of rock as 

 they go. Of course, 

 to the man who is 

 looking on, espe- 

 cially from the bot- 

 tom, it looks a 

 comparatively easy 

 matter, but it is 



THE KIGHT WAY TO DESCEND. 



