Show f YORKS WISS boullt thy runs know rih fish bey end ud the th atkus days every day Is in in a measure a flab fish dal da at fulton macket doai hot but the se seagulls agulla know the chief alef fish day of the week says saya the new york sun it la is then that they faast to their hearts content their coming and going has baa tor for years yearn amused and interested the ferryboat passengers and some same of 0 the latter have he ve been observed to look up from th their air papers glance out of 0 the cabin windows catch sight eight of 0 the army of gulls and exclaim bless adless we me there are the gulls it Is friday again the long winged travelers tra trav veleia eleis ot of the sea aca are always to be seen in the east river opposite fulton market in the day time but they gather there la in greater num numbers bersi on friday because BO 50 much refuse to Is thrown away that day they hover over the surface of the water by hundreds taking from the water such food as to la to their liking they are the scavengers of the east river in this respect the intelligence of the gulls la is remarkable ln in one way besides knowing which aich to Is the big fish day on the east river they know the chief sailing bailing das on the north river the american line usually dis pitches a steamer for southampton at 10 a m every wednesday some minutes before the ship leaves the pier the cirel ing of the gulls in midstream begins the birds know from experience that before the ship lemes quantities of food are thrown from the ships ship s ports and they make a dash to lecover it the moment the ship pulls out it Is amusing to watch one of the gulls trying to lift hom the water a piece of food twice as heavy as itself some tempi these gulls will hover around the american line pier until noon ol of wednesday at this hour the red star liner starts tor for antwerp leaning the water of the slip filled with ith discarded daod a d store more frequently however the I 1 ads will hurry ott off to the white star line piers directly after the american liner leaves her whort wharf the white star steamer salla rolla each wednesday at noon on saturdays and thursdays the gulls go to hoboken to get what the hamburg american liners leave behind these are about the only lines that have a fixed hour tor for sailing and the gulls have become acquainted with the tact the harbor gulls tare fare better than their kind far out at sea the latter frequently have to follow a ship for days to supply the demands of their appetite |