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down stream in a line, each guided by two men. The captain 
manages twelve cormorants and his assistant four. With the 
birds diving and darting in all directions, those of different boats 
mingling, it is a wonder that they do not soon become inextrica- 
bly tangled; but so skillfully are they managed that the lines 

A TRAINED FISHING CORMORANT. 
rarely become fouled. In a surprisingly short time the cormo- 
rants’ gullets begin to bulge with fish; when they are well-filled, 
the birds are pulled up to the gunwale of the boat one by one 
and their catch is gently squeezed out into baskets, the fish 
usually being still alive. This is continued for several hours, 
