THE G U LI/. THE MEItGANSEH. 
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Piece of wood, which is laid so as to project beyond the pre- 
cipice. By means of this apparatus, the man is gradually let 
. wn, and he attacks the habitations of the feathered race, 
" ith the most sanguinary success. This operation is how- 
ever not without its dangers. By the descent and friction 
ol the rope the loose stones are furiously hurled down on 
every side. To defend himself from their blows, the fowler 
covers his head with a kind of helmet, or with a seaman’s 
s.uiggy cap. Many however lose their lives by this kind 
01 accident. Those who are unskilful, frequently suffer by 
a giddiness with which they are seized on beholding them- 
Se,ve s suspended from this tremendous height : he, on the 
c*t lei hand, who is accustomed to the sport, swings himself 
a out with amazing dexterity ; he directs hisattack to that 
Part of the rock which promises the amplest success : with 
us fowling staff he strikes the game as it proceeds out of 
ie holes ; he occasionally disengages himself from the rope 
>' which he was suspended; he roams through the cavities 
° dle cock, and when lie has provided himself with a suffi- 
Cle, u booty, be gives the signal to his companions, and is 
again drawn up, when tile festivity of the evening, among 
i iese poor and desperate adventurers, generally compensates 
° r the fatigues and dangers of the clay. 
in . n e Mebcaxser genus includes only about six species, 
■ j <d which the bill is slender, and furnished at the end 
ini / 1 f ook . ed nad ' and grated or toothed both upper and 
</( 1 61 , . ,a P a saw ' -t he largest of the kind is the goosean- 
r, Winch weighs about four pounds. The bill is red; the 
cact very full of feathers on the top and back part. The 
U |) a g e 18 various and beautiful. The bead and upper parts 
t e . 1,le gl° S8 y black, the rump and tail ash colour, and the 
^ l ei parts of the neck and body a tine pale yellow. Its 
j ( a I 1n< ' 1 ‘ 6 and appetites entirely resemble those of the diver, 
its , 8 ll P on P° r which it dives ; and is said to build 
' rp. est upon trees, like the heron and the corvorant. 
Pan iQ P ^ un d' l ' (r i 8 less than the gooseander. The upper 
ash ° t!ie llead is reddish brown; the back and wings 
found* ‘‘i’ and the lower P arls °P ‘he body while. Ills 
the C Ul 1 Ie ? ame l daces ) and has the same manners with 
gooseander. file Red breasted Met 'gamer is still 
The head and neck 
are bi e, ’i Wei # flling only two P ounds - 
belly T’ »' ossed W’tlt green, the rest of the neck and the 
the lo"r 1Ue ’ dle u PP er P a,- t- of the back is glossy black; 
Pale rr'- ? 1 P al ts and the rump are striped with brown and 
on the wings there are white bars tipped with 
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