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into the water, where for a few seconds you see 

 them carried along the edge by the rapid current 

 like so many tiny Gulls ; then they are gone. You 

 need not waste time trying to find them, for you 

 certainly will not do so ; the parents have shot 

 down the stream and are calling to them. 



One nest found in a hollow of the river's bank, 

 with four young ones, was gently lifted and placed 

 in a cage, — this can be done if you know how to do 

 it, — and the cage was placed where the nest had 

 been taken from. A thin string was fixed on the 

 door of the cage, leading some distance from it. The 

 little creatures piped for " Mother " and she answered, 

 running swiftly up to the cage containing her brood. 

 The door was pulled a little way open, and in she 

 went to her young ones ; then the door was gently 

 pulled to. This was effected in order that a drawing 

 might be made from them, and directly that was 

 finished the mother was let out, very loth to go, and 

 the nest with the young in it was placed where it 

 had been taken from. They were none the worse 

 for their slight detention. I have never found very 

 great difficulty in getting at creatures, if no one was 

 in the vicinity except myself. 



Other creatures can be seen where the Fiddler 

 goes through his light-hearted performances. Oh, 

 the number of things some people miss seeing 

 because they are not able to keep still ! Restless 

 beings, some of these, who will tell you they have a 

 passionate love for nature, — a pet phrase just now, 

 - — yet who will in five minutes alarm all creatures 



