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THE SWAN AND HER CREW. 



In the left-hand margin of each sheet the date of the entry 

 was written opposite each note, and each jotting was signed by 

 the one making it. So that the book ran after this fashion : 



"They have a novel mode of netting shore birds at Lynn. 

 They have long nets stretched on poles about six feet high, on 

 the sands towards dusk, one line below high water mark and 

 the other upon the ridge." F. M. 



"All grain-eating birds feed their young on insects as a 

 matter of course because there is no grain in the spring so 

 they make up for the damage they may do to the grain. I 



shall write a letter to this effect to the Secretary of the Sparrow 

 Club here. The fellows in that club are as proud of their 

 sparrow heads as a red Indian of his scalps." F. M. 



" Crickets are the thirstiest of all thirsty creatures." 



" Mem. How do flies walk with their heads downwards, and 

 how do they buzz ? " R. C. 



" Caught a lizard in the garden to-day, and when I touched 

 it, its tail dropped off. Curious habit some reptiles have 

 of parting with their tails. It is done to divert attention 

 from the body, which makes its escape." J. B. 



" Our keeper set some trimmers on our little lake in the park 



