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culty in getting it, and the landlord did not like his 

 tree to be cut about. Not wishing to be balked, 

 we with some trouble borrowed two ladders, each 

 1 8 feet long, which we steadied with ropes on 

 either side of the tree, which was an enormous one. 

 The second boy went up one of the ladders, and 



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threw himself on the top of the tree, but it nearly 

 threw him down by its elasticity. So we had to place 

 a plank between the two ladders across the tree, 

 astride which Barnes got, and with a pair of shears 

 cut out the nest ; the bird sitting so close that he 

 could cover it with a butterfly-net. It was taken in 



