. Creatures of the sea [microform] : being the life stories of some sea birds, beasts, and fishes. Marine animals; Marine fishes; Faune marine; Poissons de mer. t,.. i III I- 394 Boobies and Penguins The unhappy matron, foreseeing the sacrifice her toil and her lledfidings' hunger, would strain evo nerve, her angular wings working furiously and 1 whole body trembling with evident anxiety, in striki contrast to the calm fateful approach of the bla descendmg shadow. But dodge as the Booby migl exert herself as she would, there would come a tir when, like a thunderbolt, the hovering thief wou des
. Creatures of the sea [microform] : being the life stories of some sea birds, beasts, and fishes. Marine animals; Marine fishes; Faune marine; Poissons de mer. t,.. i III I- 394 Boobies and Penguins The unhappy matron, foreseeing the sacrifice her toil and her lledfidings' hunger, would strain evo nerve, her angular wings working furiously and 1 whole body trembling with evident anxiety, in striki contrast to the calm fateful approach of the bla descendmg shadow. But dodge as the Booby migl exert herself as she would, there would come a tir when, like a thunderbolt, the hovering thief wou descend, his wings nearly closed and his tail wid spread Then, alas ! poor Booby, there was nougl that she could do but drop her treasure and flee i her ife. And the graceful villain with one great swot would catch the fish ere it touched the water, and so; skyward again unconcernedly, as if it was part of tl appointed scheme of things that Booby should toil ar he should calmly reap the fruit of that toil. Boob meanwhile was scouring the sea again in search ( the much-needed meal for her family, and with wh knows what ever-springing hope that next journe she might evade the ravishers of her little ones' food Such a sketch as I have endeavoured to give c the life of the Booby may be accepted as applicabl to all these birds wherever they live. They are neve to be seen very far from land and never exterior t the tropics, for warm weather is a necessity to then: Their homely virtues, as will be seen, are many, if thei beauty and intelligence cannot be rated very high And, principally I think from a fellow-feeling fo common-place folk, I have dared to strain a point and include the essentially homely Booby in thi; record of the statelier denizens of the deep-sea space to which truly it does not belong, but still cannot b( reckoned as one of the familiar sea-birds to any other but sailors. And for reasons which I am tired oi reiterating, even sailors, by reason of the displacement. Plea
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