THE COMMON STORM PETREL. 



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taking them, the same precautions are used to prevent the 

 discharge of the oil as in the fulmars ; and they are some- 

 times used as fuel. The Faroese convert them into lamps or 

 candles, by drawing a wick through them, and setting fire to 

 it, as in the following cut, in which a correct representation 

 of the bird is given, dead, prepared, and lighted up, a winged 

 flame. 



