I 9 8 BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES 



mocking laugh is answered by the laka-laka-laka of the 

 gulls, and the craa-craa-craa of the " gant's " relations, whose 

 cries will fill the grey welkin when the dark sea-stained boat 

 again begins to haul in her nets, now drifting with the 

 rushing tide, upon which the greedy "gant" and gull rest 

 from their labours, sleeping as calmly as we would upon 

 their down. 



