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the heath on our forest. And, besides, the larkers, 
in dragging their nets by night, frequently catch 
them in the wheat-stubbles ; while the bat-fowlers, 
who take many redwings in the hedges, never en- 
tangle any of this species. Why these birds, in the 
matter of roosting, should differ from all their con- 
geners, and from themselves also with respect to 
their proceedings by day, is a fact for which I am 
by no means able to account. 
I have somewhat to inform you of concerning 
the moose deer; but, in general, foreign animals 
seldom fall in my way ; my little intelligence is con- 
fined to the narrow sphere of my own observations 
at home. 
LETTER XXVIII. 
Selborne, March, 1770. 
On Michaelmas Day, 1768, I managed to get a 
sight of the female Moose belonging to the Duke 
