There were a few rocks spotted like leopards, and on one of these a young brown seagull rested, and allowed itself occasionally to be washed gracefully away.

An egotistical irascible bachelor seagull; yet his vices, and he was made up of them, became virtues in our eyes.

An egotistical irascible bachelor seagull; yet his vices, and he was made up of them, became virtues in our eyes.

The sight of a stray seagull wandering inland is gladly welcomed, as the harbinger of drenching clouds sweeping up on soft south-westerly gales from the nearest coast.