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their seasons, do pass and repass between thia 

 and the moon, which is the nearest concrete or 

 earthly body of the planets. 



That no man has seen the birds out of their 

 seasons, and therefore he concludes they are no 

 where on this earth, for de non entibus et non ap- 

 parentibus eadem est ratio. • 



That wood-cocks, upon a change of wind to 

 the east, about All-Hallows tide, will seem to 

 come all in a night, for though in the former 

 none are to be found, yet the next morning they 

 will be found in every bush — that then its flesh is 

 short and tender, whereas, after it eats, it is stringy 

 and of a fibrous flesh, as other of our fowls are. 



The storks in Holland all collect in Harlem, 

 near where they continue some days, and then as- 

 cend in a spiral flight out of sight. 



That the word in heaven has reference to the 

 place of flight. 



He reckons a bird going at the rate of 125 

 miles an hour, can get to the moon in two months 

 — that after getting up a certain distance, they 

 may be in a kind of sleep which may supersede* 

 the use of food. 



But if the moon is too far, he concludes that 

 there may be some concrete bodies at a much less 

 distance, 01 ethereal islands invisible to us, and 

 yet no further oil' than these birds may convenient- 



