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photographer is being hauled up a cHtf, and. after dropping a luindred 

 feet or so, ahghting phunp on the head of the unsuspecting camera 

 man. My brother has had one or two narrow escapes of this kind, 

 though never the shadow of one from a chafing rope. 



Upon setting forth to jihotograph the eyries of cHff - breeding 



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birds, we equip ourselves with (i) our ropes; (2) a stout crowbar; 

 (3) a good, strong, level-headed assistant (nervous or careless assist- 

 ants should be studiously avoided, as the one kind of man is as dan- 

 gerous as the other), that can be relied upon; (4) a revolver; (5) a 

 camera ; (6) a photographer who. in addition to being a good athlete 



