withdraw I am sure : because I see a few stragglers 

 in many counties, at all times of the year, especially 

 about warrens and stone-quarries. 



I have no acquaintance, at present, among the 

 gentlemen of the navy : but have written to a friend, 

 who was a sea-chaplain in the late war, desiring him 

 to look into his minutes, with respect to birds that 

 settled on their rigging during their voyage up or 

 down the Channel. What Hasselquist says on that 

 subject is remarkable : there were little short-winged 

 birds frequently coming on board his ship all the 

 way from our Channel quite up to the Levant, espe- 

 cially before squally weather. 



What you suggest with regard to Spain is highly 

 probable. The winters of Andalusia are so mild, that, 

 in all likelihood, the soft-billed birds that leave us at 

 that season, may find insects sufficient to support 

 them there. 



Some young men, possessed of fortune, health, 

 and leisure, should make an autumnal voyage into 

 that kingdom ; and should spend a year there, in- 

 vestigating the natural history of that vast country. 

 Mr. Willughby passed through that kingdom on such 

 an errand ; but he seems to have skirted along in a 

 superficial manner and an ill-humour, being much 

 disgusted at the rude dissolute manners of the 

 people. 



I have no friend left now at Sunbury to apply 

 to about the swallows roosting on the aits of the 



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