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in both hemifpheres, and in every climate; but 
they are met with in greater abundance in the 
north. In the Hebrides, and other iflands with 
which the feas of Scotland are dotted, thefe birds 
are caught by the natives in great numbers, and are 
ufed for the fame purpofes as the Fulmar. 
Willoughby, whofe excellent ornithology has 
thrown fo much light on this branch of natural his- 
tory, and cleared the paths for fubfequent writers, 
gives the following account of the coming of thefe 
birds to breed in the Me of Man 
“ At the fouth end of the Me of Man lies a little 
illet, divided from Man by a narrow channel, called 
the Calf of Man, on which are no habitations but 
only a cottage or two lately built. This iflet is full 
of rabbits, which the Puffins coming yearly diflodge, 
and build in their burroughs. They lay each but 
one egg before they fit, like the Razor-bill and 
Guillem, although it be the common , perfuafion 
that they lay two at a time, of which the one is al- 
ways addle.” The old ones early in the morn- 
ing, at break of day, leave their nefts and young, 
and the iHand itfelf, and fpend the whole day in 
fiffiing at fea, never returning or once fetting foot 
on the ifland before evening twilight ; fo that all 
day the ifland is fo quiet and ftill from all noife as 
if there were not a bird about it.” He obferves 
that they feed the young ones from the contents of 
their loaded ftomachs during the night, that they. 
