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'Plu- votiii- "11 llu'ii- .l|•l'^•■'>"•"l^■*^ imiiUMliiiU'ly 

 t.iki- lo llu' wairr, swiiuiuiiu; .hmI divmi;- iii ;i 

 iiKimuM- lo r.mviiuT us lli.il llii-- is tlu-ir pi-o])- 

 cv homo li-oni llu- liisl. Tlu'v (|uirKlv Umih 

 to roiur.il lluMiisrlvi-s, .111.1 ;iiT (aii'vlil I" '-i'^' 

 oil llir l),u-k of llu- old bird. i( is most iuti-r- 

 ostinu' to ol)srr\r ,1 LiiuiIn' soon allcr llu- ap- 

 pear. iiu'i- oT t lu- vouiil:-, and it lias \n^cu my 

 o-()()d rortuiu- to Iwirr walrli llu-ir movriiu-iils. 

 Nothinii- ^-oiild lu- more approi"'''''*" "''"' *''^* 

 prrrhin,!; ol llu- voiuii; on its mollu-r's Wark, 

 .[[\y\ ill this position 1 havr ol)srr\i-d tlu-m as 

 llu-\ ro.K- about proprlU-d hv t lu- 1 1 rrK-ss pad- 

 «lU-s ol llu- old liird. 



Wlu-ii llu- motlu-i- appri'lu-nds daii^rr, slio 

 divi-s, and llu- litlK- oiu-s disai>pcai- with lu-r. 

 Now it is natural that tlu- voun^- onos sluuiUl 

 atlouipl to follow tlu- ohl 01U-, l)ut alti-r hoar- 

 iiio- tiial tlio vouivn' i-i-apprai-od with tlu- old 

 oiu- and at a ronsi(K-rai>U- distance', 1 was con- 

 viiu-cd that tlu- motlu-r must aid lu-r youivn" '" 

 thcii- tliuhl, as wi- mav ^mH it thi-ouo!i tlu> wa- 

 tor. Tlu- i^-ood I'orluiu- to witiu-ss tlu- por- 

 rormanco oanu- to nu- at last, or at U-ast lliat 

 portion that mort.ils ai\- prnuitu-d to soo. 

 An old bird .un-ouip,iii od U\ two yoiiii^- was 

 soon in .i littlo i)av on tho lako, and wo liasl- 

 onod to mako hor divo so that wo mi.uht oatoh 

 tho vouii!-- i\)i- oxaminalion. Whon lirsl ohsor- 



