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a considerable number of other cases of swallows 

 found in lakes, and often under ice, by fishermen, 

 who swore positively to the facts, and said they 

 had seen the birds brought to life by exposure to 

 warmth. To a considerable number of similar 

 instances an eminent writer adds himself among 

 the number of witnesses to this curious fact: 

 An dem Jahr 1735, da ich em Knabe war, 

 so sah ich vielen Schwalben, tvelche des W inters, 

 von einem Fischer, im Wasser gefunden zvaren. 

 Dr. Wallerius, the Swedish Chemist, likewise 

 asserts, he has more than once seen swallows 

 in autumn cling in such numbers on a reed in 

 the water, that they have borne it down, and 

 all gone to the bottom. The above accounts 

 relate chiefly to Poland, Prussia, Scotland, and 

 the more northern countries, where, according to 

 the opinion of Kalm, swallows are more often 

 found submersed in water than in England, 

 France, Italy, Germany, or Spain, from whence 

 he allows the majority may migrate. 



I shall be obliged to any person who will 

 communicate well attested accounts similar to 

 those above stated. I cannot end these curious 



