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from old associations or something in their ap- 

 pearance and habits, there is a feeling akin to 

 sweet and innocent fellowship involved in the 

 presence of these birds on a country homestead. 

 The simplicity of their wonted, mellow call, 

 falls soothingly upon the ear in the pleasant 

 summer time, and 



" When icicles hang by the \vall," 



and the field is wrapped in its mantle of white, 

 one might almost imagine a religious sentiment 

 connected with their appearance in the barn- 

 yard, or the print of their tiny feet in the snow, 

 as if they were the fowls of the air mentioned 

 in Holy Writ, and as such must be fed for a 

 little season. In conclusion, we could heartily 

 wish that the few coveys which have survived 

 the severity of the winters of fifty -one and two, 

 might be allowed to recruit their diminished 

 numbers in peace, for several successive seasons. 

 We shall conclude this article with a brief 

 sketch of Hark, a celebrated setter dog, the pro- 

 perty of L. de la Cuesta, Esq., of this city. 

 This dog is of imported stock, and bears so close 

 a resemblance to an engraving of Beau in the 

 third volume of Mr. Daniel's Rural Sports of 

 England, that the likeness of one dog. taken 

 more than a half a century since, might tri- 



