48 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
“The rocks of St. Kilda (an ifland on the weftert | 
coaft of Scotland) abound with thefe birds ; the 
inhabitants live upon them and their eggs; they 
take tiem in the fame manner as the bird-catchers 
in Norway, by climbing —s the — or “oe 
{et down by ropes. an. 
- Fifhermen know when fhoals of Herilud or 
Pilchards are near, by the Gannets, who always _ 
attend them; for Herrings and Pilchards are their 
chief food. They feldom fly over the land, but 
wind all along the ri at an equal diftancefrom — 
the fhore. ASTI STORE 88h ie 
“The Gannet can cover its eye with a mem- 
brane, or fkin, to prevent it from being hurt; for 
the Gannet darts headlong with eee | -_ a 
| nefs 3 into the water after the fifh. | 
: “Sometimes fifhermen tie a Pilchard to a) ie, 
and let it float on the fea; and the Gannet will 
fly down, and ftrike it, with fo much forceas to 
—_ its neck. | ; 
are ne Booby is is another fpecies of Pelican, Birds 
of this fpecies are called Boobies, becaufe of their — 
_ great ftupidity, and the habit which ‘they have 
of fhaking their heads; and becaufe they fuffer 
| themfelves: eafily to be caught, or to be beaten — | 
down with a ftick ; for they do not. feem to be 
at all afraid of man, One caufe perhaps of their — 
: Se jeeming 
