CHAP. XII. 



SEA-BIRDS AT NIGHT. 



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But with the first glimmerings of daylight, and 

 just as he was beginning to move and to creep out of 

 the pit, Edward thought that he heard some of the 

 birds beginning to whimper and yawn, as if ready for 

 another day's work ; and by the time he had rounded 

 Crovie Head, he beheld the cliffs alive, and the multi- 

 tude of sea-birds again in full operation. 



THE RKD HEAD OF PENNAN. 



