100 PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BIRD-LOVERS, 

 opportunities for securing photographs of birds 

 in flight as well as studies of the species themselves. 

 But before work can be done with any reasonable 

 degree of comfort, a firm and stable position must 

 be assumed by bracing oneself against the cliff- 

 face. This can only be done so long as the lowering 

 rope, the outer one in the Plate, is making an 

 appreciable angle with the vertical, and thereby 

 throwing the climber's weight inwards against the 

 cliff. Then, by bracing one leg straight against 

 the rock as a strut, the other being bent and placed 

 higher, as in the picture, a very firm position is at 

 once obtained. 



Incidentally the photograph shows the freedom 

 of movement permitted by the belt method, for 

 my body is turned right round to the left and my 

 face buried in the hood of the "reflex" while 

 endeavouring to secure a picture of the Kittiwake, 

 seen flying through the chasm towards me. The 

 hand-rope is hanging free, passing through a 

 belt at the waist, and it may be traced dangling 

 in the wind far below. Above, it is passed over the 

 edge and beneath the hauler, being made fast to 

 a crowbar immediately behind him. 



The Ascent. 



As to the disputed question of how many men 

 are required on the hauling-rope, this depends to a 



