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their first resting-place. When birds that are on mi- 
grating flight settle, there is no preliminary inspection 
of localities or surroundings. They simply drop down 
evidently dead beat, just as we should, under similar 
circumstances, rest on the first seat that presented 
itself. On the following day the swallows were to 
be seen in their accustomed haunts, darting over the 
village green, shooting under the grey arches of the 
bridge which spans the Mole, above the water- 
meadows, and again circling round the elms that 
surround the old farm. 
