. The ocean [microform]. Marine biology; Marine animals; Marine plants; Biologie marine; Faune marine; Flore marine. 102 THE OCEAN. a predatory excursion, returns to his partner, with five or six herrings in liis gorge ; those she very complacently pulls out one by one, with much ad- dress. Marten says that they frequently rob each other, and that one which had pillaged a nest, artfully flew out towards the sea with the spoil, and returned again, as if it had gathered the stuff from a different quarter. The owner, though at a distance from his nest, had observed the robbery, and waited the re-
. The ocean [microform]. Marine biology; Marine animals; Marine plants; Biologie marine; Faune marine; Flore marine. 102 THE OCEAN. a predatory excursion, returns to his partner, with five or six herrings in liis gorge ; those she very complacently pulls out one by one, with much ad- dress. Marten says that they frequently rob each other, and that one which had pillaged a nest, artfully flew out towards the sea with the spoil, and returned again, as if it had gathered the stuff from a different quarter. The owner, though at a distance from his nest, had observed the robbery, and waited the re- turn of the thief, which he attacked with the utmost fury. "This bloody battle,'' adds the narrator, "was fought above our heads, and proved fatal to the thief, who fell dead so near our boat, that our men took him up, and presently dressed and ate ;. - <».:*:'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888. London : Printed for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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