jz February 1749. 



fweet. Their note very nearly refembles 

 that of our European nightingale, and on 

 account of their agreeable long, they are lent 

 abundantly to L'ondcn, in cages. They have 

 fuch flrength in their bill that when you 

 hold your hand to them they pinch it fo 

 hard as to caufe the blood to iffue forth. 

 In fpring they fit warbling on the tops of 

 the higher! trees in the woods, in *he morn- 

 ing. But in cages they fit quite (till tor 

 an hour; the next hour they hop up sijd 

 down, ringing ; and fo they go on alft - 

 nately all day. 



February the 1 7 th . Cr an f s ( drdeq 

 Canadenjis) were ibmetimes feei, flying in 

 the day-time, to the northward. ley 



commonly ftop here early in fpring, for a 

 ihort time, but they do net make their nt 'is 

 here, for they proceed on more to the 

 north. Certain old Swedes told me, that 

 in their younger years, as the country was 

 not yet much cultivated, an incredible 

 number of cranes were here every fpring; 

 but at prefent they are not fo numerous. 

 Several people who have fettled here, eat 

 their flefh, when they can moot them. 

 They are laid to do no harm to corn, or the 

 like. 



February the 23d. This morning I 



went 



