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be at such vast and stupendous heights. To others 

 of less magnitude the fowlers commonly climb 

 from the bottom, with the help of their hooked 

 poles only, by \vhich they assist, and push or pull 

 up each other from hold to hold, and in this man- 

 ner traverse the whole front of the frightful scar. 

 To a feeling mind the very sight of this hazardous 

 employment, in whatever way it is pursued, is 

 painful; for, indeed, it often happens that these 

 adventurous poor men, in this mode of obtaining 

 their living, slip their hold, are precipitated from 

 one projection to another, with increasing velocity, 

 and fall mangled upon the rocks, or are for ever 

 buried in the abyss beneath. 



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