THE BASS ROCK 



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observer. Not far away below two birds are fighting. 

 Their way of inflicting punishment on an enemy is 

 extremely curi- 

 ous. One will JF' ^ ; -^ J 



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seize hold of -^^ 



the other's beak, 

 and the stronger 

 twists and turns 

 the neck of the 

 weaker bird. 

 Meanwhile their 

 great wings are 

 raised and moved 

 slowly as they 

 balance them- 

 selves, and then 

 at length, by one 

 supreme effort, 

 the aggressor is 

 twisted over the 

 edge of the cliff, 

 and with re- 

 peated cries of 

 anger flies round, 

 soon to become 



lost in the vast feathered crowd circling dream- 

 Some little way to the north 



GANNETS EGG 



ingly 

 there 



all 

 is 



around. 



now seen a great commotion. Two 



