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ferved in Italy ; for Pedo Albinovanus, in his 

 elegant elegy on the death of Mscenas, men- 

 tions the retreat of fwallows, as one of the figns 

 of the approach of winter : 



Congïadantur aqU(e^ fcopulis fe condit hirundo, 



Verberat egelidos garrula vere lacus, 



^0 draw Birds preferved in Spirits. 



If any one would draw a bird preferved in 

 fpirits, let him take it out, wafh it pretty well in 

 warm water, and rinfe it in a good quantity of 

 cold, and let it dry gradually, and he will reftore 

 the true colour of the feathers as far as can be ; for 

 fome feathers, in the glafles of fpirits, I have ob- 

 ferved to appear of colours very contrary to the 

 true colour they are of before they were put in. 



Dampier, in his travels, tells us, that when 

 feamen are thrown upon any of the unknown 

 coafts in America, they never venture upon the 

 fruit of any tree, how tempting foever it may 

 appear, unlefs they obferve that it is marked 

 With the picking of birds ; but fall on without 

 any fear or apprehenfion when they perceive the 

 birds have been before them. 



