THE SHORES OF BRITAIN. 



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what like the Penguin, but with a pointed beak. 

 The Gannet (/Sulci Bassana) is of the Pelican tribe, 

 and is confined, at least in large congregations, to 

 one or two localities: of which the principal are the 

 Bass Rock on the east coast of Scotland, and Sfc 



The Bass Rock. 



Kilda, the most western of the Hebrides. On these 

 rocky isles they assemble in such countless hosts 

 that they can only be compared to a swarm of bees, 

 or to a shower of snow, the air being filled with 

 them. The inhabitants of the latter isle are said 



