Undoubtedly the seagull is an estimable creature, but he leaves something to be desired in the way of companionship.

Some, like the Seagull, wander far and wide.

There was a heavenly quiet in the air in the early summer morning, only the creaking of a spar, the scream of a seagull now and then.

On a point of cliff there was a Lorelei seagull standing, with its eye on Trelawney.

And Trelawney, being a man-dog, did what the seagull meant him to do.

My Friend said: "If we never meet again, remember to catch and hang that seagull for wilful murder.

But the seagull's conscience is still free of murder, my Friend only fell on to Trelawney's ledge.

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.

THE BAT, THE BRAMBLE, AND THE SEAGULL

A Bat, a Bramble, and a Seagull went into partnership and determined to go on a trading voyage together.

The Bat borrowed a sum of money for his venture; the Bramble laid in a stock of clothes of various kinds; and the Seagull took a quantity of lead: and so they set out.

Ever since then the Seagull flies to and fro over the sea, and every now and then dives below the surface, looking for the lead he's lost; while the Bat is so afraid of meeting his creditors that he hides away by day and only comes out at night to feed; and the Bramble catches hold of the clothes of every one who passes by, hoping some day to recognise and recover the lost garments.

Whether a dove or seagull.

Whether a dove or seagull, by Sylvia Townsend Warner & Valentine Ackland.

The seagull cry.

Whether a dove or seagull.

Whether a dove or seagull, by Sylvia Townsend Warner & Valentine Ackland.

The seagull cry.

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.

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

SEAGULL.When the eggs of this bird are hatched the mother-parent feeds its young on the glutinous substance that oozes from sea-weedhence "Mother Seagull's Syrup.

My hat was heavy and hot, and I particularly disliked it, owing to the weight of the seagull which composed one entire side of it, and always pulled it crooked on my head.

But his principal feat was the extraordinary one of consuming fifty-seven days in a march of fifty-four miles along the sea beach, to which he clung with a tenacity which made the natives scornfully name him the Lame Seagull.

On the 10th November I had a letter from A.F. Koni who says he liked my "Seagull" very much.

For the performance [of the "Seagull"] on the 17th October see "Theatral," No. 95, page 75.