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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 195, 18 August 1871, Page 2

Yesterday, ibr the first time, says the Auckland correspondent of the .LytteUpn Times, ,1 was made awa^e^>i«a new " lodfrtV industry," , , ptr^lling' by St. George's Bay, I stopped J to admire a fine flock of gull;? r .fishing, Jring^d.jf he, bblure r iiwaters Jiko a.^rqadi w^te.^i^bpp,.; , r ,;Pre4; i ' sently they.i rossi intgr^ftti con>m.Qtiony,ana i begian circling and screaming round a par-

ticular spot on the beach. Wondering what it was all about, I made for the place, and discovered a fine gull caught in a rattrap. It did not strike me that the trap^had beetf purposely placed, and pitying the helpless prisoner, I released him, but only after some difficulty, for misapprehending motives, he was rather pugnacious. Watching him as he and his friends flew away seaward, I was roused by the approach of a blue-eyed, rosy little fellowj who said, "You might a left him, sir, arter I caught him. Ah ! (with a sigh) there goes sixpence (looking after the released bird); plea3e you leave my purfession alone sir for the future. I done nothin to you; that ere trap finds mother and me arf our wittles; the gals buys their white breast for their bonnets arter we preserve em with hallum." Poor little fellow ! he was naturally incensed at my untimely interference, but a trifle made ample amends; and be .being quite learned in the ways of sea-fowl generally, I derived much curious information about the aquatic feathered race and another proof of the truth of the saying which declares that "one half the world knows not how the other half lives."