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how he had guarded everything safely ; but Dodo was 

 fast asleep with her head on her uncle's arm. 



" De deah lamb," said Mammy Bun, 

 who came out to help them unload 

 "don' you go to wake her 



up, 



Massa Nat — ole 



mammy'll tote her 

 up to bed. Dese am 

 powerful liealthy 

 days for you chil- 

 lens! And Mas- 

 sa Doctor and 

 Miss Olive — 

 if they a in' 

 more'n lialf 



gone, too ! 'Scursions am terrible sleepy things — least 

 when dere all ober ! " 



Whif-pouk-will. 



The Whip-poor-w^ill 



Length nearly ten inches. 



A very large mouth, fringed with long bristles, useful as an 

 insect trap. 



Plumage all mottled with gray, buff, and black, but the end 

 half of three outside tail-feathers white, and a white breast-band. 



A Summer Citizen of the United States and Canada east of the 

 plains ; in winter from Florida southward. 



A member of the guilds of Sky Sweepers and Ground Gleaners. 



