I TO 
A NATURALIST ON THE PROWL. 
silvery shoals. But man appeared upon the scene, and 
wise gulls soon discerned the advantage of keeping close 
to him. What glorious scrambles there were as the 
tattooed Briton drew his net to land ! What croaking 
and shrieking, what 
jostling of one another 
and plunging into the 
seething mass of fright- 
ened fishes crowded 
ever closer and closer 
together ! So the gulls 
throve and multiplied 
all round the coast. 
Then great steamships 
began to go up the 
Clyde, churning the 
muddy waters and 
turning up all manner 
of good things, not to 
mention the platefuls 
of scraps which were 
tossed into the'sea after 
every meal. Doubtless 
GULLS ON THE CLYDE. 
