Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     At the extreme northerly point of the Shetlands- a place nearer the pole than Petrograd-is a small, lonely hut, where H. Edwardson of London lives every spring with the sea birds as almost sole companions. For 33 years he has occupied this hut from spring to autumn. For many years he has been the watcher of the society for the protection of birds. Edwardson’s long vigil in the absolute loneliness of hills, sky and sea, has been well rewarded. The stock of birds has increased notably, especially the skuas, great northern divers, fulmers and golden plover, while there are new colonies of gannets on the cliffs. The birds know the watcher, and the skuas even come to the door of his hut for food when they find it reopened each spring.