fonie açic-ounç .of tfee-moft-important and dangerous way of Ifltrci-
catching, wfiiçlï; k , kjài&S$i. #bos:§p§a*îe,
and tnoftly at Tranen, Và£oe,iMoskoe, and Raft, in< theabokefaid
Nordland diftriéis, where they keep dogs trained on purpo£e,ito
fetch:- the Shore or Strand-Birds out-, of their holes,whicfeafte
almoft inacceffible. In this diftrifbjone farmer mull not, keep a
greater number of tfiefe dogs than - his neighbour, that hefjnay
not prejudice him in his livelihood : the dogs as well as the.fartners
run the gseateft hazard of their § fiyçs, iand fometimes penfh ‘by
unhappy - falls j ,;for they either cl imb up.
fleep rpckajj finding ; hut hfreia^d there a-, hold ça: fplscefcfqs their
feet j .orfèlfe they are let down from thé to|i,1 r,ÔQ;fethorns; or rnprè,
that they may get. into the hollows .under the proje&ing cliffs,
and caves formed ; by,nature-, jAt Færoe, , which experts ^ahryiaily
feveral thoufand pounds worth of. feathers tq>,Copenhagen, "there
is held a*Bird-hunt of this kindj: which >:kg|<yrcumftantidI[y0,drer
fcrihed by Mr. Lucas Dejbes^ who. was n^ny^éag&ll deâin in. that
country ; and I fhall therefore, out of 'hii'Tæroà Réferatà,.;p;_ i^oy
& -feq.v often quoted before, infer trwd^^irtes %hefétb, awhiih
cannot be read without ■ fftrprige^n;;
It is not to he deferibed, he fays, with what trouble and danger
they look fbr the Birds in the high and- f|.Sep> rocks, many
which are more than •a.-oOfLathbms perpendicular-;. and;: there ife
particular people who, by nature^ aredktedfor this kihdrof hjrd'
catching; aild are called Bird-men : thçy make: ufeof two method«
to catch them ; they- either, climb- up.thefe perperidiculafe^ôeiks,
or elfe are let down from the, top by ^^Qftong andr.-jthiek rope :
when they climb np they haye.-a lajge.pple. of* efeygriuOf »twelve
ells in length, .with anfc&on ;hookj;at | the; end-:. they#who? :are
underneath in the boat,'or (land- on a cUff) fafien this hook tothe
waiflband.of the man’sbreeches who climbs,.and a rope round his
waift; by which means they helphimiup' to the bigheft, helde,
or projeâion, that hé can reach,and fix his» feet: ;upon -l^ien
they help another up to the fame places and when they are ’Bbth
up, then they give them, each their bird-pole in their hands, and
a long rope, tied round each other’s waift at each end; then the
one climbs up as high as hé can, and wKefè it is difficult, thf otnlr,
by putting his pole under his breech, pufhes him iip, till he
gets to a good helde, or ftandirig place :. the ‘uppermoft of thé
two then helps the other up to him with the rope, and fd on, till
they get to the place where the Birds build, and there fearch about
after the’xri as they pleafe. As there are in thefè rocks many dangerous
places they are yet to climb, whilft they are bound together