6:2 N JLT flrJOAit H l £ T Q R r M M&ÏR.W.A Y.
bri&poletmfeliaad: tfixtoéh a!t töp-'hold t-he fope; »lettóng k
fink ity degrees, but lay a .piece ©ff tiiriber on thé edge't®f the
t©ck, ïföriit etó fikte o^ ’kbdti kiöioald be 'torn To' (pieces on
.the Iharpudgp'of the ftpnes: ;tfeey have inotherline fuftenad iround
the trnan’ s -waift, which he pulls, tb glvèfigns when he would fee
poll’d cup,' or léf lower, or heidf&ll, that he may remaitemsthe
place he is-come to. This: -way the man is:, ift igreat danger from
the feonesloofening by the rope, and fo failing ; which fee cannot
keepoff: fetthisteafon, he generally has;'on a feilof’s blue furr’d
cap, whift istMek, ahd wöMliiiédv ahd id feme .meafee Tades
the blows the ftones may give, if they-ate not too large; ©tiher-
wiffe i t often tofts him hfis life, Thus they often expofe them-
felvas t© the m©ft imminent danger,- merely to get ai fufefiftance
far their poor famittiès, fruiting in Godf-s mercy and p-retedpn 5 :tro
which the gteköft part of them feioufly rëcohihaelld fhetefelves
before they undertake the dangerous - Wo#k* - There are Tome
indeed who fey there is no great danger in it, excepting that when
they have not learnt 'the praaide, dr are -not aecuftomed f sr;it, the
rope runs round about with them till their hsadsUtet-urri’d, and
they can do «nothing to feve themfcives. dtfls in itfelf trbhble-
fcme, and requires -dexterity y yet thofe that have learnt it make
play of it ; for sthey know eafilf bow prlwkfg' thetelMves on the
lfoe; cthey know hoW -tè put ithek !f©Ct ügaihfr thé rock, and
throw themfelvès fev^al fathom* ©ist, and paft themfelves in
»gain to what place they will ; and when the Birds fit, they know
artfully how to keep therrifel ves faff' on the line fe the "air, -and
to hold the-pole in their hatidS,-a-nd with it to catch numbers
flying 'óöt and coming in; and where there arefeofeslh the rocks,
and where tihe recks project over like a cover, in which places the
Birds gather. Here they will continue (and this is^ the gre&tteft
art) to threw themfelves oat, and quickly to lling themfelves
in again, under the cover, to the Birds,; and ifeere to fix their
feet. When 'one of them gets into thefe holes he loofens hkiffelF
from the rope, Which he fattens to a ftone, to. prevent Its falling
out of his reach, and then he climbs about, and catches the Birds
either with bis hands, or with the pole, in the-fame manner as
was feid before; and when hè has kill’d as many as he thinks
enough, he ties them -together, and faftens them to the (Émail
line, and by a pull gives a fign for thofe above to draw them up.
In this manner he works all day ; and when he Wants to ‘go tip,
he gives a fign fo be drëwn up, or elfe he works hinfifelf up,
with his belt full -of Birds.
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: Where i t happens that there are no t people enough to hold the
large rope, then the bird-man fixes a poft in the ground, and
faftens his rope-'tos-if, hrtd fo Aides down, without arty help, to
work in the uforeMd^anifer. Söiiie voeks are fe formed, that
one may jgo down' into them Trom the fields; then they take a
Companion with them,1 and go in after the foifner manner, fëarfeh-
ing ^beut in the holes,>Äid take -bach;--as their belt will1
hcfei abecst m *$hey can caApiria bundle oflilicir
backs ; ,and do- -they‘cbrry thèm home. There are aHb in feme
places waft ftefcp Olifey‘$y%g -imdèr’the land, and (yet more than
ïosd’ fathom O'bbve fife Water, WMéh ate al#^ef^;diftcttkftb^ét
at. ©own ÄefesÄffi^hby heipJeÄr#ubth^'4n f heiMhhêï'Tfóiê-
feid, and «itéy takè- a them-, whifeh-vfhéy fafieii
hete and there iftffhe 4liff; nvhère ffhëy can, Utó leave WÊ tHè
Sommer :: u;pon tMéithe^ wi-l1! 'run up and dó#rf, knè' take thè
Birds at their pleafeé^ ifeibSpöfTë' be ■‘filghtäMl
and dawgeïOus ï;M!s-feifed^atëhing appears f o -the behbldërs, particularly
f© cööfider the vaft hei^kj and how‘excéflif'è ffeëp. tirè-fè
rocks are ; and. -many -ptojedllng over the fea. It appears itnpdf-
fifele f l | arfy feoman fciéatÜré to- gët intro thé holés* or them;1: and
yetmore impoffible to'climb Up thetaand ye%; tïiéfë adveótdrotil
people feie them. They go fomctirnes where they cän but juft
jätdh the -öèd cT their tóes, br;:lay hold tiith fteir finders; lyet
this does not frighten them, though there is rdö fathom ddW]^
ó r ’ more, to the fea under them, j This mnft fee dear earned bread
for thefe poor people ; for which they fo imminently hazard their
lives, and many, after long pra<äice, ftill fall a fecrifice ,them-
fclves.
WheÉ-thefe Birds are feiocrght home they bat part of theiki
freïh, and part 1 they get large quantities) ts htimg up to dry
for the Winter feafen. The feathers they collecä together, Und
make merchandize of them, to great -advantóge'; and thé hlha-
bitants get them in fuchfjuantitäe's US God pleUfes To g^ve his
bleffing to, and fefenabie weather for it. The Birds do hot
come every where ih this cbtintry, but on thofe- iflands that ate in
towards- the ocean, Und have high rocks of cliffs ; as at Norder-
Oerne, Myggertas, Vaagoe, Skuoe, E>imerne,und SuderDe ; and
in dark weather they generally get rnoft, fbr then the Birds flay
in the rocks; -inline, deaT, and hot fan-fiimy days, they ate
moftly put at fea ; and toward, the time of their . going away
they keep towards the fea, and fit on the cliffs (by the fea-fide ^
and then the people go in boats, and catch them with their poles
and nets, So far Hr. L, Debes,