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MIGRATIONS : CONTINUED. 



THE SWALLOW. 



Undoubtedly the swallow hap seized upon 

 t)ur dwellings without ceremony ; she lodges 

 under our windows, under our eaves, in our 

 chimneys. She does not hold us in the slightest 

 fear. 



It miofht have heen said that she trusted 



to her unrivalled wiug, had she not placed her nest and her children 

 within our reach. The true reason why she has become the mistress 



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