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Show jl , SEA HERDS IN GALES. 'J PANIC AMONO THE WILD FOWL AT I " THC APPHOACH OF A 8TOnM. H m Imllnel Ketiul In Ham Tlieni, anil They 1 3 Soon Berk risers of ltelna Sanie- MffZ! tlmea. However, They inToo 1 ar Out Bfl, l Baa In (1.1 Had In Tin. B J, Tho heavy storms of tlio ui troublo a Hot tho ships vvlilrfi nail upon Its waters, Mt ft but tho manjr tea LlrJs that llvo and H9 float upon tho ttorrajr Atlnntlo ato Mm a neatly ilishcartcnod unU frightrnoil by B g tlio furloua miKCr of old Nrptuuo. Mt S Along tlio rocky coitU of Now Fug- Ml tj I land or tlio anc3y rerf. i.f tly coutborn B J itot", tho floclti tf let fowl ilcnoto tha Me approaching dtorm by Wild and tin- Mm r earthly rlc", wlilch latter inlnglo ntb MM tho roar of tho aurf nud tho vraili of tho MM rain and apray. MM t tar out at ten tbo llrdi titter wild Mm I crlH of alutm whf n tbo octau biglns to MM ' darken and tha Mlud to moau ncrou tho MM expaiuli u iroato of waters, nnd itli nil H thoipood potdble thoy fly toward tiimo Mm point of land to ow.ipo tho danger. Tlio MM j j few wlilch nro cinglit in tbo ttorm, far pB i ' from tho land, inoko tbo wild acroainlng H ' cf tho atonn inoro borrihlo by their Mm pltooui crlea nnd eicltcd calls, Wojlud pB . Llllicr and thither by tho retention Mm , atorm, they fly around In bopelcM !bVMI I learch for aomo harbor of rutrent I Bboul tho llfht of aomo rauiln veasel or tho flash light of eoinq warning light- bouse attract their attention thoy nro f lnred on to n danger far greater than i that experienced from tho Mates and I tvinda. MM I btormi do not nlwoj-a narn tho birds Hll In tlmo to permit them to reach tho BB1' thoro. Tlio torna, petrels, gulls, ducks pH , and other fen fowl :my bo far from BH i shore, skimming over thosoalii graceful Mm anceps when a coast storm suddenly , comes out of tbo northwest. At tho first PbH sign of such a cbango in tho weather, PSH tho birds invariably took eomo harbor of pBH aafety, but if tho storm shuts them out pBH from tho coast thoy aro forced totly ' around in flocks until accident loads PB' them to a safo rctroat. Sea fowl at such pBB times flock togothor, and n lost tompany PbB may number thousands of birds, repro- PH i sontlng a htUrostnpous collodion of nil PbB tho species of tea birds. PPJ Buch motloy collections frequently psH dash cgaiust tho llghthotuo of aomo ox. psH posed point, where hundreds of their psH numbor aro klllwl by tho collision. HpM Ocean steamers cro us nu nllurcmcnt J, for them, andtheyfollowthollghtof tho piH Tessils us n moth dors u candle light. If J, not attracted by nny light, tho birds tly J around until exhausted by their oxer- i tlons, or until tho storm abates. During PlH' prolonged storms thousands of lost soa H fowl nro dcitroyid upon tlio occuu B through their inability to reach laud or H to outrldo tho furious galos lillo n V; large iroportiou of tho flock would PpHi eventually rnccumb to tbo fury of tho V1 wind and wacj, thero aro many others that would show their :uar clous pow I ers In outriding tho storm. To fly against n galo that Is blowing I at tho rate, of forty or fifty miles au hour PH would require bones of iron nnd muscles W of steel, and tho lost birds cry rarely pti succeed la holding their own in such n H storm. They buffet with the galo pH' bravely, circling uround andnroundtc mako headway agalust it, but In tiuio PJ1 they aro swept far out to rea. Tho PJ, waves offer no resting placo for them PJ and they aro forced to trust entirely to piflflU tbeir wings for safit). After heavy ff storms of several davs tbo terns nnd pflflfljl Iietrcls havo Un found a thoiunnd J miles from the shore, weak and almost pflflflj dead from their exertions. pflflfll Others bav o been discovered floating ; on tho water dead, tho black and bluo pflflflj ptehes on their bodies telling tho torri- pflBBa. bio story of strain und IioikUss exertion. j Tlicy fought bruroly agutntt tho adrcrso m olcments nnd only succumbed after n b long battle. Incoming vessels huvo brought solitary ocu fowl that would ft light Uon tho masts of tho ships when PBBpH completely exhausted after lighting j aialnst the storms This vrclcomo place I of restissecuiiHldo&pito all presence of pBpBH danger from the puicngcru. K Floating spars ivud wrecks liavo been the means of caving tho lives of such pflflflH lost blnis, Tlioy would float on them H for hours or days until they beoino V thoroughly rested from their labors, and then they would liegln their long jour- W ney ton ard eomo shoro at the first fav or- PIHI ablaopportunltv. Their Instinct nt such PsBpH times is uncrriiigf, and they generally pBBBB mako for tho nearest point of land, til- J'' though It may bs hundreds of miles j away and they aro completely turnod PBBPH around. It may l3, bowover, that they papSpj, tal o their bearings from tho sun while th 7 are floating uiou their temporary t! resilbubuove. J, Nearly all of tho sea birds llko to keep t! out to sea, and In tho north of lieUmi I l "'""J " ulj thymo current which in ) JJl tos that thy gulls only approach t he thoro when driven tn byattoruior by K , . """'o.K' ot a heavy gale. Tho m' wwiot loadt. , , J! rfftiiiiicuu mton tfct Haa, It navcr ntiowoAtbtf nbet you curat it IftnJ When tho term approachon the loner. nhnrp i lilitllnjr of th cut-low, tho wild rrleo of tint icn gnlU ntul tha filuup, plorc iiij? (crcdins of Uw tTtn onnounco tlmt ilantrr 1 ut litinJ Tlio rowit rent' lew nnj chopjty An utcuniutia. puff of wind will moan acroiu tlio water fthl force wLUccnps Into tnoticiu Tlio birds tlion ascfinble Munj; tho nboro unt hkttij; for thir f'xjrlMnons tho roclfi Ji-tUi. inllo out whilo cithern will run no7ni tho bench or go to to lulaml inartlica. At tho fnrjr or the (storm Increases nil tot them will ffvt In b)oml tho reach of tlio wild wnve Tho JiOavj win 1 m'll.tf !yln a iliftlcult nrt, nnd inott tif them trtut to thvlr lejs. They run nlon? th randorhido In tho rocVu. Tho tettis nud frnlliwlU (ccAtloiiiUr Tcutuiu out UM?r tho wave to fiih for fol, but thy loon find that tho work i unrrontiblc When the itorm hua Bubtltle-l tho eofl'ti aro grpat objecti of In taut V Ihu ctwi ttmen Kcr b.tcU'S of en fowl U to bo found notnewheru nlonj nil tho beaches or Inland nmtfthwi. They do not return to tho wi Jo sen for n da or o after tho storm hits aliated, U'i 1 then Ihey nro trncrAlly driven there by tho Hunter's gun. Detroit Freo Pmi, |