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to October the thirty-first ; since which I have not seen or 

 heard any. Swallows were observed on to November the 

 third. 



[In your last letter you propose to treat zoology geo- 

 graphically ; & desire some arguments to support such 

 a new plan : but as I do not quite take the purport of y r 

 Idea on that occasion, I must desire in y r next favour some 

 explanation of y r intention. 



I am with the greatest regard and esteem, 

 Your Humble Servant, 

 GIL : WHITE.] 



