moment, instead of peeking over his rail to see 

 if tlie coast were clear. 



All the lesser hawks feed upon the swifts. I 

 h.we often seen the sparrow-hawk perched upon 

 a tall stake search- ^ja^»v i"S the fences for 

 them. Cats eat jR!y}> them also. Bat they 

 do not agree ^ j|^ i\ with puss. They 



make a cat thin mmM^X and morbid and uu- 





" The spaiTuw- 

 hawk searfhing th 

 fences for them." 



happy. We can tell when the lizard-catching 

 disease is upon Tom by his loss of appetite^ his 

 lanknesSj and his melancholy expression. 



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