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tower near Market Harborough and brought to 

 me alive, and this morning George Hunt sends 

 me a Manx Shearwater shot by him not far 

 from Thorpe. J., I am sorry to say, shot a very 

 fine male Hobby some time ago, and there is 

 another about the plantations above his lodge.' 



To Lord Walsingham. 



' SS. " Glowworm," R.Y.S., Dartmouth : July 18, 1880. 



1 Dear Walsingham, — I received yours of the 

 15th here this morning. I am glad to find that 

 you like my notes ; they were written for publi- 

 cation in the "Journal" of the Northampton 

 Natural History Society, a young but flourishing 

 association which is already doing some fairly 

 good work, especially in botany, entomology, and 

 geology. You can imagine my delight at an 

 escape after nearly nine months shut up in 

 London, six of which were passed entirely 

 within doors. I find myself once more in " mine 

 ain gude ship," on my favourite element. I 

 don't know if you have examined the Wildfowl 

 Act Amendment Bill ; I see no objection to it, 

 except that it is perhaps open to the charge of 



