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the side ropes. We crept quietly to the place with the net in position 

 to be thrown over. The word was given, "Altogether, go !" In an 

 instant the net was bulging with Razorbills, Murres and two Gannets. 

 The netting of them had been a grand success, but 



"The best laid schemes o' mice and men 



Gang aft a-gley;" 



I had not noticed the uneven surface of the rock at that place and the 



struggles of the birds forced the net against every little projecting 



point. As we pulled up some slipped out at the edges, then a hole 



Fig. 18. — Adult nesting Gannet on Bonavcnture Island. Photo by Dr. W. D 



Richardson. 



was torn in the net, until by the time we had pulled it to the edge, just 

 one Gannet remained — and that one escaped while we were disen- 

 tangling the net. We had played a good joke on the birds, but they 

 had "laughed last" this time. 



There was a very sociable Puffin on one of the ledges who visited 

 us every time we went there — we could approach to within six or eight 

 feet of it. I do not believe there is another Puffin living that has been 

 photographed as much as this one, which is shown in figure 20. One 

 day I saw Dr. Richardson playing his 5x7 Graflex on it, working as 



