Heraldry produces some strange creatures and one wonders whence they came. To most people a sea-dog is a hoary old sailor, but we know better, and here you see some:
Quarterly First and Fourth per chevron Vert and Azure a chevronel Argent between in chief two garbs Or banded Gules and in base a frond of Silver Fern fessways Argent, a bordure Gules; second and third Sable on a fess wavy between three sea-dogs courant Or, as many Cornish choughs Proper.
