rnioA*ri? mum. 



selves. To attain tliis (thjcct, ilic <r;i-ii;Lvvk ho- 

 vers above the gimiiet, (^which is the hinl most 



iisiisll^gdieiCJtedlMrfi^ and, darting rupully 



ing hhn tn (h'soorge his prey, which is seized hy 

 the hawk with an incoiiceivabh* i'ajti(lit\' iH'fnrr 

 it reaches the water, and afterwards soai's alutl to 

 Imk <mt Ibr tmthsK oi^jeet tt it k 



not wet nnc&mmem. draumstsmtse to oI)seTire ti 

 single gannet selected from a flockj ami eome 

 out to he the sniijeet of" attaek, as if he had 

 been called by the liawk iu preference to the 

 <>ih@xt. Tto g^xi^, i^^^, mmo^vns to 

 mii M6w^ By daflfCil;^ ^oltt, lowering Him- 

 self from Im elevatioa jiri Ihe air at every dart, 

 and, rai^iiiig' his beak in a per]>eiidieidai' direc- 

 tion; by these means it eludes the fdow of the 

 liprk few teMlld, md they frequently both 

 fell ixxm libe wat^r tc^ether; the hmk <mly 

 having the advantage over the gaamet when 

 hovering in tlic air. tlic latter escapes. At the 

 Island of Ascension, where these birds are com- 

 mon, I was informed by Lieutenant M'Artlmr, 

 (Hflcflim Artillery,) that the method iS-raetised by 

 tite-lljaiwks to (>l>lige the gattm«<;to disgorge tiu-ir 

 prey, was tried hy a gentleman wht> lately \ isiteil 

 the island : he had seen the attack of the hawk 

 on the gannct, and the successful residt. When 

 ho vmted the part of the island nnnaed ** The 



