CORMORANTS AND GULLS in 



On the thickly-wooded islands the merganser 

 hatches the brood which afterwards she leads 

 down the river, to the destruction of numberless 

 salmon smolts and the disgust of the patient 

 fisherman, as she splashes like a noisy steam 

 launch down his favourite pool. 



Far off in the heart of the deer forest, safe 

 from intrusion and disturbance, the black- 

 throated diver has found a secure asylum. 



