S4 ORMTHOLOGY. 



tljcir sea?oiis. do pass aiid repass between ihii* 

 and the moon, w liich is the nearest eoncrete or 

 earthly body of the planets. 



That no man has seen the birds out of their 

 seasons, and therefore he concludes they are no 

 V. here on tliis earth, (br de non entibus ei non ap- 

 parentibus eadem est ratio. 



That wood-eocks, upon a change of wind to 

 the east, about All-IIallows tide, will seem to 

 come all in a night, for tlsongh in the former 

 ijone are to be found, yet the next morning they 

 will be found in every bush — that then its fiesh is 

 short and tender, whereas, after it eats, it isstrincry 

 and cfa fibrous fiesh, as other of our fowk are. 



The storks in llolhind all rollcct in Ilarlem, 

 near wliere they continue some days, and then as- 

 cend ill a spiral flight out of sight. 



That the word in heaven has reference to the 

 place of flight. 



He reckons a bird going at the rate of 125 

 miles an hour, can get to the moon in t\yo months 

 —that aficr getting up a certain distance, they 

 jaay be in a kind of sleep v^hich may supersede 

 the use of food. 



But if the moon is too far, he concludes that 

 there may be some concrete bodies at a much less 

 distance, or ethereal islands invisible to us, and 

 vet no further off than these birds mnv conveiiicut- 



