90 RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST, 



foreign kinds have been introduced ; and even the Barn 

 Owl finds a retreat there, and is to be seen at night fear- 

 lessly flying over the gas lamps. A few years ago, before 

 the Viceroy took it in hand, this place was a swamp, and at 

 hieh tide was a " birkcf full of water. 



