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the surface and pull the bird under 

 by the legs without showing himself 

 or alarming the rest of the flock. 



I close here my brief notice of the 

 Chilka Lake. It is the largest example 

 of the effect of forces which are in 

 operation all along the Coromandel 

 coast. There is not to be found a 

 single stretch of shingle beach between 

 Cape Comorin and the mouth of the 

 Hoogly; the coast line is everywhere 

 sandy and flat, and the prevailing set 

 of the sea during many months of the 

 year piles the sand along it to a uni- 

 form height, forming a barrier through 

 which the rivers cut their way only 

 so long as they maintain a current of 

 sufficient volume to sweep away the 

 sand thrown up by the surf. When 



