Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-06-21 | Page 4 | Site of Parliament.

I Site of ot Parliament I Time The site sHe of or the present houses of or parliament in London was occupied three hundred years ago by a house I and ponds pond The They were for or the tho use of ofF I the cormorants cormorant ott Js and mid which belonged to King ICing James I. I This brick house cost GOO The ponds were wore stocked with tench tonch carp barbel roach and dace lace and a n sluice of elm planking was tas male made to bring bring- th tho water from th the Thames Cormorants are familiar objects fishing on the tho outlyIng outlying outly- outly Ing Ing- rocks below tho the cliffs whereon I Ithe the they nest their brilliant emerald eyes ever eve on the watch for fish Only a afew afew a few tew people are arc perhaps aware that these great black birds were at t one onetime onetime onetime time trained to catch fish lish for lor the amusement of or royalty European nations nations nations na na- na- na were first indebted for tor a no knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of this sport to Chinese and Ja Japanese Ja- Ja panes panes-c fishermen A strap was vas buckled buckl bucki- ed eel round the lower part of the tho neck to lo prevent the passage e of or the tho fish bo lie lie- yond the pouch which when held b by bythe the strap formed a n capacious bag The birds when liberated plunged int Into tho the water A wj wise e old bird often made mad for the bank hank and swimming searched the holes and crevices 1 It If a n fish darted out in front of or him h ho he gave chase and pouched It as soon oon ashe as ashe ashe he got it to the surface The Chinese do not always uS use the neck strap fo for their cormorants Well Veil trained birds bird do not require i either cither ring or cor cord corel around their throats to prevent them then from front swallowing th their ir prey prcy