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îng extra5f from a work entitled Huetiana ; on the 

 Immerfion of Swallows in Sweden, 



The Swallows in Sweden, at the approach of 

 winter, plunge thenifeives into the lakes, and 

 there remain afleep and buried under the ice till 

 the return of fpring. Being then awakened by 

 the genial warmth, they leave the water and take 

 their flights as ufual. While the lakes are fro- 

 zen, if you break the ice in fome places which 

 appear blacker than ordinary, you will find 

 heaps of Swallows, cold, afleep, and half dead. 

 But if you take them out and warm them be- 

 tween your hands, or before the fire, they will 

 immediately give figns of life, move, and ftretch 

 themfelves, and in a little while fly away. The 

 common people fancy that the water of the lakes 

 in Sweden has a virtue in it to change into fwaî- 

 lows the leaves which fall from the trees in au- 

 tumn. In other places, they hide themfelves in 

 caverns, and under rocks. We have a great 

 many of thefe caverns between the city of Caen 

 and the fea, along the river Orne, where fome- 

 times in the winter, large clu fliers of fwallows 

 are found hanging at the roofs, like bunches of 

 grapes. The fame thing has been long ago ob- 



ferved 



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