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firft imported is not fo certain. I was allured by an 

 old gentleman of the greateft veracity, who died fome 

 ye"ars ago above the age of eighty, that the firft frogs 

 he ever faw were in a well near the above mentioned 

 town, from whence he brought fome of them to Wa- 

 ring's-town, where, until that time, they had never 

 been feen ; the quicknefs, with which they multiplied, 

 and the rapidity, with which they fpread, are furprifing, 

 efpecially the latter, in a creature not very well adapted, 

 at leaft in appearance, either to move with celerity or 

 with perfeverance ; and there are many (lories ftill 

 current of the terror and furprife excited by the view 

 of this difgufling though innocent animal, which feems 

 formed to be the prey of every voracious creature, 

 cither by land or water, within whofe reach it comes. 

 Amongft the rare birds, which fometimes make their 

 appearance in this country, is the Cornifli chough, 

 which has been met with on the fhore near Killough ; 

 likewife that beautiful, moft folitary, and fhy bird, the 

 kingfifher : its feathers are of the moft lively colours ; 

 the head of a dark green, intermixed with azure fpots ; 

 the back, wings, and rump of a more vivid green ; the 

 breaft, belly, fides, and feathers under the wings are 

 red, or inclining to red in the laft mentioned parts. 

 Their habits lead them to retired glens, through which 

 flows generally fome limpid ftream, from whence they 

 draw their fupport j their food being fifli of the fmalleft 

 kinds. 



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