194 LORD LILFORD 



fuel on my side, so thank you much for yours of 

 April 30. 



* I am glad to hear that Griffons are still in 

 force in Andalusia ; I am told that they and all 

 other Buitres have been poisoned by wholesale 

 in many parts of Spain. Our weather has 

 turned cold and gloomy, and I have not been 

 out of the house lately. There are four healthy 

 young ravens in the nest, about the size of rooks 

 when they first show outside their nests. Do 

 you know of any good man or women who would 

 care for one of these Angelitos ? My Moritos 1 

 will not nest or lay ; an old Night Heron sits 

 upon two eggs, and the first egg of Mohino 2 

 was laid in one of three nests of that species. 

 I am glad that you took Arvicola amphibius 3 

 to the dear Herr Doctor' [Gunther]. ... 'I 

 had a letter yesterday from sailor Kennedy at 

 Karachi; he tells me of an expedition up the 

 Euphrates to Baghdad, and first-rate sniping 

 and francolin shooting in the Garden of Eden 

 where Tigris falls into Euphrates. He encloses 

 a twig of the Tree of Knowledge, but not enough 



1 Glossy Ibis. 2 Blue Magpie. 



* A water rat found by Colonel Irby in an Eagle Owl's nest in 

 Spain. 



