THE WORLD'S WORST WORK.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3508, 10 June 1920, Page 7

THE WORLD'S WORST WORK.

__,_,__ l I’lSßll.(‘)l'S ’l‘.-XSKS ("IF t“Ri\G:'~Ml£Z\‘. 50011 the sea birds will begin to lay and the urugsntcii will bot busy (s-.l_\t.s an Englislt paper). ‘foul’ by }'(‘l‘.l' during the \\':l.r tho tloniniid t‘m' smt biiwls‘ eggs 11-as hcen iii(:i't‘:.tsiiig, and tliose of gulls, slings, and guilleniots are today \\'orth three times thtrir .1914 pi-im}. Most people are ‘.l‘.'»’:ll‘C that the v;;'\;: colleCt.,l-s'?‘-{1;111_y work in. gztiigs. using ropes to drop from lodge to l(‘t.lg'(‘, and it might be SLI]IpOSC(I tlmt. vgiwxi :1 stout line and :1 gtiml head, l'l](‘l‘C‘ was no gwzii daiigcr in the work. Make no mistake. Clitl‘ vliinbing for eggs is the most porilulls ot’ industl‘ius_. and the nl’-an who cligugo"s therein czln'i.es his life in his llzllltls fifom the moment he goes over the rim ml’ the l clitl’ until he is hauled back. Stl'aug'o us it. nmy sound, the first: hind greatest soiircc of clungor is front ltho life line itself. All those limostone cliffs on which the sea birds nest linost thickly are i'ottcn_. and ovel'_\'iwliore are loose stones. If the rope. isxvayiiig‘, loosens a stone, it is almost. ft‘(‘l‘i':'llll to fall upon the mun at the llO‘.»\'t)l‘ Cinl, either killing Outriglit 01' lniaiming him. ' ‘ When la climber ,ll'eiac’llc.fs zi llodgle he leaves his rope and clambors along tlw lwlgt“. collecting tho eggs in his basl-tot. It" lie 100k.~'1 down :1n.r.l his Il."l‘\'(“ §_’jOt‘.\‘, he is doomed. Tll.(‘]'f‘. is precious little to hold on to, and the roel: is often as slippery as ice. Each t'uothold 01' l1:1I1(lllUl(l must he tnstc-d before the wviglit is put upon it. Some ledges are covered with grass. Thos are the Worst of tall, for the herbuge hides hidden dangers. Again, a man may be caught in 21 sudden wave of fog. mid may linvo to lie flat on :2 leclgc for hours before he can see to find his ropo again. VVors.t of all, perhaps, is the furious gusts of wind \vllicli.~rouring across the face of the precipice forces -.1 climber of‘? his lanlaiicb, and sends him clrrmninq. like :1 plummet. into the -abyss below. _