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on strong marshy aquatic plants, as I 

 suppose. 



That the leaves of vegetables are whole- 

 some and conducive to the health of birds, 

 seems probable, for many people fat their 

 ducks and turkies with the leaves of let- 

 tuce chopped small. Markwick. 



HEN HARRIER. 



A neighbouring gentleman sprung a 

 pheasant in a wheat stubble, and shot at 

 it ; when, notwithstanding the report of 

 the gun, it was immediately pursued by 

 the blue hawk, known by the name of the 

 hen-harrier, but escaped into some covert. 

 He then sprung a second, and a third, in 

 the same field, that got away in the same 

 manner ; the hawk hovering round him 

 all the while that he was beating the field, 

 conscious no doubt of the game that lurked 

 in the stubble. Hence we may conclude 

 that this bird of prey was rendered very 

 daring and bold by hunger, and that 



