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building were damaged. There is an open space between this 

 house and the thickly planted trees of which we have spoken, 

 and by that the hurricane found a vent without any further 

 very striking manifestation of its fury; but we understand that 

 it did some little injury at the distance of a mile to the east of 

 the park. It was also severely felt at Upminster, in the west, 

 before it commenced its ravages on Lord Petre's demesne. 

 We 5 have endeavoured to compute the extent of mischief done 

 in the park, but find it impossible, from the confused state .,: 

 in which the shattered and fallen timber at present lies ; but 

 we believe there cannot be less than 300 trees torn up, or so 

 much shattered as to render it necessary that their remains 

 should be felled. As to the partially injured timber, it is. too 

 extensive to be enumerated. This park, during the , war, 

 furnished some of the finest naval timber that could be ,. pro- 

 cured in the kingdom, and it still presents a very large number; 

 of equally valuable trees. The pecuniary loss, on the present 

 occasion, to Lord Petre will be very considerable, and it will 

 take a century to repair the injury ; but " it is an ill wind that 

 blows nobody good," and the clearing away of the fallen 

 trees, and converting them to useful purposes, will give 

 employment to a considerable number of men for some time. 

 It is a great consolation to his lordship that no human being 

 received any personal injury from this tremendous war of the 

 elements, the only living things that suffered being a pheasant 

 and a crow. The hour of the evening and the state of the 

 weather fortunately prevented any of the domestics l?eing in 

 the parlr. It is a little singular that the noise occasioned by 

 the destruction was heard in the mansion, but was supposed 

 to be thunder, and the real cause was not ascertained till next 

 morning. The hurricane was immediately succeeded by a 



tremendous fall of rain. „ <i l, d ,. v : a ~ n a 7 a'u 



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03 abmy wa A .euib asllA osid^d l yd tosvo. hi trio liaq 



toa^a woiifoiii * ^iTto qmm-J a B Sol* quorg feuMo tern >ed) 



apilonjnc J #*iun) bm)m\<$ lo aafim aasfequda n lud 'gnirflon 



Art. III. Observations on the Iceland and Ger Falcons {Falco 



islandicus), tending to shotv that these Birds are of two distinct 



Species. By J. D. Hoy, Epq. ' D9 j 1IB Iq yjsaob 899'** 1° isdmun 



known by falconers as the Icelander and ger falcon, are con- 

 sidered, bv authors who have written on the subject, to be the 

 same species, only varying from age, sex, or climate. I hey 

 are both now included under the term Falco islandicus. I 



