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manner the second agists the first to clam- 
ber up by the help of his pole, and the 
first helps the other by means of the rope 
from one projection to another ; but when 
they have a dangerous place to ascend, 
before they get to parts frequented by the 
fowls, the first must have a secure place of 
rest, that he may be able to support the 
other in case he should be so unfortunate 
as to fall. It frequently happers, however, 
that the one in his fall pulls down the 
other, so that they both become a sacra- 
fice to their temerity. In these almost 
inaccessable places, and particularly such 
as are seldom visited by man, they find the 
fowls so tame that they can lay hold of 
them with their hands ; but where the 
fowls are shy, they cast their net over them 
with their fowling-pole, and at one throw, 
and in one hole, will sometimes catch from 
ten to twenty fowls." 
" When the rocks are so high and steep 
that it is impossible to climb up them, it 
then becomes necessary that the fowler 
should descend from the top. This is 
done in two ways : a rope three inches 
