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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



A COVETKD PLACi; ON THE BOWSPRIT 



Gulls live about a ship as a robin docs in a garden. They will coast along at the stern of 

 a steamer for days to get a meal of choice "seconds" thrown out by the cook. There seem to 

 be reliable records of Gulls following the same vessel from the Irish coast to New York, a 

 distance of 2,560 miles. 



