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pole until he reaches the projection where 
the fowls construct their nests ; there he 
looses the rope from his body, and makes 
it fast to a stone, to prevent it from esca- 
ping him, and then he goes round catch- 
ing the fowls with his hands, or cast the 
net over them in the manner already de- 
scribed ; or he places himself on some pro- 
jecting shelf which the fowls fly past, 
and it is here that he displays his dexte- 
rity in the use of the fowling-pole in what 
is called fleining. The afternoon or calm 
weather is the time chosen for this pur- 
pose; but in particular the wind must 
blow towards the rock, because in that 
case the Puffin approaches nearest to the 
land. When the fowls come so near the 
fowler that he can reach them with his 
pole, he raises it towards them, and is 
pretty certain af catching one in his net, 
and to prevent the fowl from disengaging 
itself, he turns the pole a little round, so 
that one of its arms stands upwards and 
the other downwards, by these means the 
fowl hangs in the pocket of the net, below 
one of the arms, and is thus inclosed tha| 
