MODERN CLIFF-DWELLERS 



Pinnacle, that stood about a hundred yards off, with 

 shallow water intervening. Then we undertook to 

 scale the cliff. Kittiwakes had nests here and there 

 on the sides, a few of them within reach by a little 

 climbing. Fortunately there were ledges and pro- 

 jections not far apart. We let young Bourque 

 climb up first, using my shoulders for a ladder, and 

 had him pull us 

 up. Thus we 

 reached ledge 

 after ledge, until 

 we were safely 

 landed on the top. 

 This we found to 

 consist of bare flat 

 rock, which was 

 covered with nests 

 of the Gannets 

 about a yard apart 

 all over the area. 

 They were piles 

 of sea-weed, more 



or less bulky, and most of them were empty. 

 Later in the day we learned the cause. 



I selected one of the nests to photograph, a good 

 large one with an egg in it and a sizable fish laid 

 up on the edge for future use. Just then the 

 Keeper called out, from below " Gentlemen, we 

 must leave ; there's a squall coming !" Looking 

 toward the west and north, I saw a threatening 

 haze and an evident line of wind, shown by a 

 whitened sea. I hurried so that I spoiled one plate, 

 but I got the nest taken, and then, without stopping 



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I SELECTED ONE OF THE [GANNETS'] NESTS TO 



PHOTOGRAPH, A GOOD LARGE ONE WITH 



AN EGG IN IT AND A SIZABLE FISH 



LAID UP ON THE EDGE " 



