S44 THE WHITE-CRESTED CORMORANT. 
LANDSMEWN are slow to realize the fertility of the sea Its great © 
panse 1s so little broken at the surface by the Irruplion ol life, that we cannot 
easil comprehend the vast and varied resources either of its depths or of its 
teeming shallows The Gulls, the Gooneys, and the Man-of-War Birds serve 
to heighten this superficial impression which we get of ocean’s scanty fare, for 
we find them travelling a league for a bite, and a day’s journey for a full meal 
\ ~ VEVe with the Co iit ble ( Sa birad the a SsVl bol or 
' ] ile di ' | j 
nuilt t seize and swallow and speedily diges When we see WM 
and know his ways, we realize the long sulteru ot the grea nother ne 
b ess p ision she has ade ft he ung children 
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( l ints of t hve species we Wong ni are housand 
leagues of earth's shore-line, well distributed in all save Arctic and Antarti 
waters ; an ey constitute the lest race of fishers ever known, save those 
born of the teeming waters th lve The pi torial peculation EF mon are 
orn ot ( eel ng walters wMseives @ piscatorial peculations Of men are 
+ } let] ] ‘ ] +) +} . ; 
sa dot beside then unceasing pillage > vet we do not begrudge the Cormorants 
the exercise of their ancient rights. Their tastes are less fastidious than ours, 
and there are still more fish in the sea than ever were caught 
