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it cannot get ont; but as the fowls are 
continually flying by, great speed and dex- 
terity are requisite. At each stroke the 
fowler in general catches one, and some- 
times two or three ; and in one afternoon 
a man in this manner will catch two, 
three, and even four hundred. Some- 
times the fowler undertakes this labour 
while he is suspended by the rope. But 
there are some cavities where the fowls 
build their nests which recede so far from 
the perpendicular direction of the rock, 
that the fowler, when he descends to 
them by help of the rope, hangs so 
far from them in consequence of the pro- 
jecting shelf, as to be at the distance of 
several fathoms from the holes where the 
fowls reside. In this case he must throw 
himself so far out from the rock, by 
means of his pole, as to be able to swing 
with the rope under the shelf to the pro- 
posed place, and to secure a footing. On 
such occasions he can without help give 
himself a swing to the distance of thirty 
or forty feet; but if the cavity proceeds 
further into the rock, so that a very great 
