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On the opposite side of the same open court, the great Iwuse- 

 bell is hung, under a wooden cover, fastened to the north wall 

 of the house. It is a large bell, and is rung several times a-day, 

 to call the servants to their meals. Under the wooden cover of 

 this bell, the same swallow, it is believed, which had formerly 

 built on the bracket for the lamp, built a nest for several years, 

 and never was in the least disturbed by the ringing of the bell, 

 or the rattling of the rope. 



I may take this opportunity of mentioning a very curious fact 

 relating to the partridge, which also occurred at Tyninghame. 

 Lord Haddington has a breed of wild turkeys, which never en- 

 ter the poultry house or yard, but roost in the trees, and live 

 chiefly on beech-mast, and any thing else they can pick up, 

 though they are tame enough to come about the house to be 

 fed, in the time of frost and snow. About eight or ten years 

 ago, a cock partridge, full grown, suddenly joined himself to the 

 flock of these turkeys, and remained constantly with them during 

 the whole summer, autumn, and winter ; at night he slept un- 

 der the trees in which they roosted ; in the day he fed with 

 them, and was not in the least frightened or disturbed by peo- 

 ple walking among them. He took great liberties with the old 

 turkey cock ; when he saw him going to pick up a worm or any 

 seed, he used to run under him, between his legs, and snatch it 

 out of his mouth, and the old gentleman never resented such in- 

 dignities. Early in spring he left them, as it was supposed, to 

 find himself a mate, at the pairing season. But, in the begin- 

 ning of autumn, he rejoined his old friends, and continued with 

 them as formerly, until the next pairing lime, when he again 

 disappeared, and returned no more, so that he was probably 

 killed. 



Essay on the Domestication of Mammiferous Animals, with 

 some introductory considerations on the various states in 

 which we may study their actions. By M. Frederick Cu- 

 vier. (Continued from p. 60.) 



XjET us inquire, therefore, now that we know the animals 

 which are associated with us, what is the disposition common to 



