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WILD WINGS 



'A SOOTY SHEARWATER OR TWO JOINED THE PARTY" 



vessel, and perhaps a dozen Greater Shearwaters and a Sooty 

 Shearwater or two joined the party. The fishermen call the 

 latter class " Haglets," White and Black, respectively, 

 while the jaegers are " Jiddies." 



The haglets did not seem as tame as years ago, when 

 I used almost to feed them out of my hands. Perhaps the 

 trouble was we did not have enough livers to throw out much 

 at a time and get them so excited that they would bait up 

 well. However, they came fairly near, within ten feet, 

 and I took a lot of pictures of them, in all sorts of positions 

 and combinations. When all the plates in the holders had 

 been exposed, I darkened the cuddy and managed to change 

 plates without disaster and get to work again. 



At length it was time to go back, especially as the wind 

 had become light and was dying out. For a time it was flat 



