BEHIND THE VEIL IN BIRDLAND 



lighting up their grey and white plumage. Evening and early 

 morning are the best times to photograph birds on the rocks, for 

 the slanting rays of light give a far better effect than when the 

 light is directly overhead. 



In certain parts large quantities of Kittiwakes' eggs are 

 collected, and one climber, a few years ago, had successfully 

 made the descent and ascent, and had his loose-fitting sweater, 

 which was fastened securely round his waist with a belt, filled 

 with eggs, but just as he got out of the ropes and began to walk 

 along the top of the cliff he stumbled and fell, and nearly every 

 egg was smashed, and the reader can imagine what a sticky and 

 miserable condition the man was in ! 



The tightest place I ever found myself in was while I was 

 returning up a cliff after visiting some nests of the Kittiwake, and 

 I really began to think that I never should reach the summit ; 

 but after a rather long struggle, my companion and myself found 

 ourselves once more on the top of the cliff. 



IO2 



