igS BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES 



mocking laugh is answered by the laka-laka-laka of the 

 gulls, and the craa-craa-o-aa of the "gant's " relations, whose 

 cries will fill the grey welkin when the dark sea-stained boat 

 again begins to haul in her nets, now drifting with the 

 rushing tide, upon which the greedy " gant " and gull rest 

 from their labours, sleeping as calmly as we would upon 

 their down. 



