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was not aware of it. The Laplanders, who were 

 frequently interrogated, were also ignorant, be- 

 yond the mere fact of the bird carrying them. 

 The clergyman, however, at Quickiock, in Luban 

 Lapmark, near the source of that chain of vast 

 lakes where the Luban river flows, was once a 

 witness. Contrary to the general character of the 

 Lap clergymen in Lapland, this gentleman, with 

 little to employ him, took a great interest in na- 

 tural history and botany. While botanizing by 

 the side of the lake near Quickiock, where the 

 golden-eyed ducks breed in great numbers, he sa\v 

 one of those birds drop into the water, and at the 

 same instant a young one appeared. After watch- 

 ing some time, and seeing the bird fly backwards 

 and forwards from the nest five times, he was en- 

 abled to make out that the young bird was held 

 under the bill, but supported by the neck of the 

 parent." 



Mr. Jesse, in the fourth edition of his Gleanings, 

 adds another instance to those already on record, 

 and one of a highly pleasing character. A clergy- 

 man in Sussex was riding, during harvest-time, with 

 two friends, towards Dell Quay, in Chichester har- 

 bour. When they had passed the toll-bar, the road 



