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ters ; who, fpeaking of their way of fifhing in the 

 northern parts, by breaking holes, and drawing 

 their nets under the ice, faith, that he faw fix- 

 teen Swallows fo drawn out of the Lake of Sam- 

 rod t, and about thirty out of the king's great 

 pond in Rofineilen ; and that at Schlebitten, near 

 an hcufe of the Earl of Dobna, he faw two Swal- 

 lows juft come out of the waters, that could 

 fcarce ftand, being very wet and weak, with their 

 wings hanging on the ground ; and that he hath 

 obferved the Swallows to be often weak for fome 

 days after their appearance. 



" The ingenious Dr. Owen, in his Hiflory of 

 Serpents, fpeaking of Woodcocks and Field- 

 fares vifiting us in the winter, and then return- 

 ing northwards, fays, " But as to Cuckov/s and 

 Swallows, it is generally allowed that they fleep 

 in winter, having, as it is faid, been found m 

 hollow trees and caverns. Nor is this at all un- 

 likely ; though, on the other hand, I can fee no 

 abfurdity in fuppofmg that thefe fliould go upon 

 a fummer, as the others do upon a winter pil- . 

 grimage ; that thefe purfue a lefier heat, as well 

 a3 the others fly from a greater cold. 



