102 BRITISH BIRDS. 



one reached Antwerp, one hundred and eighty-six miles 

 distance, at eighteen minutes past two, or in five hours 

 and a half, being at the rate of nearly thirty-four miles 

 an hour. Five more reached it within eight minutes 

 after. Thirteen others took two hours and a half more 

 for the journey, or eight hours in the w^hole. 



