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A FLIGHT TO ST. KILDA
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whether it refer to
the common work of the day or the preaching of
the minister on the Sunday previous; and from the
decision of this Parliament there is no appeal. In
respect to a number of things, such as the sea-fowl
caught, and the eggs gathered on the cliff's, in which
the children with their bare feet are specially expert,
there is a species of Communism among the inhabitants;
though
I was told it was well
to be on the spot to see after your share, for all that.
Perhaps the most striking part of the men's work
is when they are lowered with ropes over the sea cliffs
to snare the young birds as they sit in their nests
before taking flight.
A rather gruesome
story stands connected with St. Kilda history. A
certain Lord of Session of the name of Lord
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