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side. The danger I had unconsciously undergone 

 in ascending the crevice was not pleasant to reflect 

 upon, and the incident made me feel distinctly 

 uncomfortable for a while. 



We saw a great number of Razorbills' eggs 

 lying about under boulders and ledges, and here 

 and there came across a newly-hatched young one, 



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which was making its worldly wants known by 

 vigorous chirping. The one figuring in our illus- 

 tration was photographed at this place; and its 

 comical, over- sized looking feet will, no doubt, 

 suggest to anyone unacquainted with the peculiar 

 development of the lower extremities of the young 

 of this species a freak of the camera, not uncommon, 

 I believe, when dealing with feet. 



By working his way carefully along a narrow 

 ledge which jutted out over the sea some two 



