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to endeavour to trace from whence they come, and to inquire 

 why they make so very short a stay. 



In the account you gave me of your error with regard to the 

 two species of herons, you incidentally gave me great entertain- 

 ment in your description of the heronry at Cressi Hall which 



THE WISHING MTONK. 



is a curiosity 1 never could manage to see. Fourscore nests of 

 such a bird on one tree is a rarity which I would ride half as 

 many miles to get a sight of. Pray tell me in your next whose 

 seat Cressi Hall is, and near what town it lies. 1 I have often 

 1 Cressi Hall is near Spalding, in Lincolnshire. 



