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Swing is necessary to reach it, he fastens a 
small line to the end of the suspending 
rope on which he sits, and a man in a boat 
at the bottom of the rock, who holds the 
other end of the small line, can by pul- 
ling it make him swing to the distance of 
a hundred or a hundred and twenty feet." 
w The fowls when caught are killed by 
twisting their necks ; they are then bound 
together in bunches, and either drawn up 
to the summit of the rock, or cast into the 
sea, where they are picked up by people in 
boats, who are stationed below for that 
purpose." 
In order to give some idea of the vast 
quantity of birds frequenting the Feroe 
Isles we will conclude this article with an 
abstract or two, from the same author's 
account of the Isle of Stromoe, &c. " Sea- 
fowl are found here also in great abun- 
dance : the rocks principally frequented 
by them are situated towards the north, 
and exhibit in summer, at which time 
they swarm with them, a very singular 
appearance. The following short descrip- 
tion will serve to convey a faint idea of 
