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came down, so completely glazed over the bodies 

 of the birds, that they were fettered in a coat 

 of ice, and completely deprived of the power of 

 motion. Several of the larks were dead, having 

 perished from the intenseness of the cold. The 

 buzzard hawk being strong, struggled hard for 

 his liberty, broke his icy fetters, and effected 

 his escape. 



SELF-MOVING WATER-CRESS. 



Monsieur A. de Chateaubriand, in book v. 

 ch. 10. of the Beauties of Christianity, asserts, 

 " that on the banks of the Yare, a small river 

 in the countv of Suffolk, we were shewn a very 

 curious species of Cress ; it changes its place, 

 and advances, as it were by leaps and bounds. 

 From its summit descend several fibres; when 

 those which happen to be at one extremity of 

 the plant are of sufficient length to reach the 

 bottom of the water, they take root. Drawn 

 away by the action of the plant, which settles 

 upon its new foot, the claws on the contrary 

 side lose their hold; and the tuft of Cresses, 

 turning on its pivot, removes the whole length 

 of its bed. In vain you seek for the plant on 



