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IR-ir^^ ^liu ?' ^^""* ''^'•"'"*' ^'^^ yesterday (June 29 

 183o) He had been long gomg off, apparently throuįh old ae-e' 

 though not more than fifteen ; yet he has left four younf ones S 

 three months old. His widow is stUl healthy, and doesl! Ze^r to 

 grieve much ; nor did she pay any attentioi to him in hS S days 

 probaMy because engaged with her young. They have hatched in 

 all forty-four. and reared forty young ones. They were Sv 

 hatched m January, and always in an earthem wigwam^S for them 

 m a smaU zsland Once there were two broods in a year the nex^ 

 year only none, ' ' ' ^^^'' 



