TWO YOUNG NATURALISTS. 



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the cliffs, and in hazy weather by their cries and screams 

 warn the sailors of their proximity to the coast, must 

 on this account be also considered as among our allies. 



LOXG-EABBD OWL (Asia otits, Lin.). 



In England severe penalties are inflicted on destroyers 

 of guillemots ; and heaven only knows how many ship- 

 wrecks have been prevented by the agency of these 



