LETTERS TO MAKCO 



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one in the piaxxu above, arc all deserted, 

 though three or four young birds still roost 

 on some iron staple-rings which are used to 

 tie the boats to. I took two, thus roosting, 

 up carefully in my hands and carried them 



Young Swallows on the look-out for food in the nest in tht> Piazza. 



out to show my children ; afterwards I placed 

 them back on the ring, when I was much 

 pleased and astonished to find they relapsed to 

 sleep again as though nothing had happened. 

 You might mention a great many wild 

 animals before you would guess the one that 



