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country, he proceeds. " But by this me-* 
thod fowls are caught only on a small 
scale : to catch them on a more extended 
one, it is necessary to ascend to a consi- 
derable height in the rocks ; and it is real- 
ly astonishing to see to what heights the- 
fowlers will proceed, and to what dangers 
they expose themselves in this occupation. 
On these occasions two men go out in com- 
pany, and both of them make themselves 
fast to a rope, but in such a manner thatv 
there is the distance of eight or ten fa- 
thoms between them. The first man is 
assisted by the second to ascend the rock, 
and for this purpose the latter employ a 
pole twenty four feet in length, having at* 
its extremity an iron hook, which is made 
fast in the waistband of his breeches, or in 
a rope tied about his middle, or, what is 
more common, a piece of board is fixed to 
the end of the pole on which the climber 
sits, and when he has got a firm footing, 
he assists his companion to get up by 
means of the rope fastened round both 
their bodies ; but they both carry their 
fowling-poles along with them. In this 
