62 SAGACITY OF A SPARROW. 



the sparrow, having covered his cage, in the carriage. 

 After some months, the window of the drawing-room 

 was one day left open, and, as the bird was suffered 

 to fly tame about the room, it took its flight, and was 

 lost without hope of recovery. 



About ten days after this circumstance, she had 

 occasion to send a servant to Fulham, who told the 

 maid left there, of the unfortunate accident of losing 

 the sparrow, and his mistress's concern on the occasion. 

 Upon which she observed, that for a day or two a 

 sparrow had come constantly into the kitdKen, and, 

 with unusual familiarity, had placed itself upon the 

 chairs and dressers. It proved to be the sparrow that 

 had escaped from London, and had been a week find- 

 ing its way to Fulham ; as it had taken flight in quite 

 a contrary directioif, the window looking towards 

 Northumberland Gardens. 



The same bird, the following spring, formed an at- 

 tachment to a female of his own kind, and made a 

 nest ; and, in order to gather materials for it, frequent- 

 ly visited the house, for bits of rag or thread, which 

 he carried away in his beak. Sometimes he brought 

 his wife into the parlour, and once was accompanied 

 by all his little ones; but they were soon alaiTned, 

 and flew away. When they were able to take care 

 of themselves, he returned to his kind protectress, and 

 lived in the room as before. This faithful creature 



