appease his not very rapacious appetite. Many 
tidbits go with this refuse, contributed by crew 
and passengers interested in these birds. 
I pleasantly recall how entertaining the sea 
gulls were to a troop of soldiers sent in the fall 
of ’63 from Hampton Roads, Va., to Folly 
Island, South Carolina, by the boat Nelly Pence. 
The voyage was slow, and most of the way rough 
and monotonous. All along the way gulls came 
out to the ship from the distant shore, and the 
contents of the men’s haversacks was freely 
shared with them. 
Fishermen Friendly to Fish Hawks. 
The numerous fish-pounds along this coast 
attract the fish hawk. There are no less than 
twelve of these on the sea front at Monmouth, 
from which tons of fish are taken every season. 
The pounds are made by sinking long poles into 
the shallow sea bottom, to which are anchored 
large nets from a hundred to two hundred and 
fifty feet in length. From the tops of these 
poles, which project out of the water, the hawk 
can practice his poleless fishing avocation suc- 
cessfully, without being molested; for all fisher- 
men are friendly to the fishing hawk. His best 
opportunity is when the nets are lifted to take in 
the fish. Dropping from the pole to the net, he 
seizes his choice of the floundering mass and 
darts away to some inland tree, chuckling over 
his easily gotten meal. The fish hawk’s custo- 
mary way of procuring food is to hover over the 
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