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On the niiiddy banks in the lower reaehes were nunierons 

 Avoeets, Curlews, Godwits, lledshanks. Grey IMovers. and 

 other waders. These appeared to be mostly on passage ; for 

 on one day a partieular species may be very ])r()minent. and 

 on the next there will be none of it to be seen, and some 

 other will be equally numerous. Flying past were Pratincoles 

 and AVhiskered Terns, with Marsh and ^Montague's Harriers 

 and numerous Kites. AVhere the river narrowed as we ad- 

 vanced farther up, tlie Ijanks were covered with thick reed- 

 beds, from which c^une the well-known harsh and grating 

 sono' of the Great Reed-warblers ; while from the bushes 

 we heard a strange and unfamiliar song, which, while it 

 reminded us of the Nightingale, was e\-idently from some other 

 and unknown musician. 



At last we reached our destination, and moored in mid- 

 stream near to several Enghsh cargo-steamers. 



Seville and its attractions I must leave to abler pens to 



do justice to. 



-Quien no ha ^ isto Sevilla, no ha visto maravilla," says 

 a Avell-known Spanish proverb, and a ^-ery true one. For 

 he Avho has not seen Seville lias indeed missed a marvel. 

 It is, I think, the most picturesque place I ever saw, 

 and contains some gems of jNIoorish architecture. Storks 

 were nesting on one at least of the churches, and there 

 is another nest on the summit of a tower in the public 

 gardens. There was also one on tlie top of a dead tree 

 a few miles below Se\-ille. A strong migration of A\^ry- 

 necks appeared to be passing through Seville ; the gardens 



