Some parrots are vociferous talkers.

Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.

When we gets back to the old Laughing Lass, then we drops back into our dooty again all right and proper.

The most artistic method of mounting on card or paper is to mount on plain white plate paper, with the plate - mark sunk in , as in the case of engravings