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Some Account of the Writer of the following Essays, by 



himself - - - - - - xi 



Flower-gardens and Song Birds - - 1 

 On destroying Vermin in small Gardens, and on relative 



Matters - - - 9 



The Civetta, or Little Itajian Owl - - - 15 



The Powers of Vegetation - - - -22 



Thunder Storm at Walton Hall - - 24 



The Roller called Pica marina in Italy - 26 



The Holly - - - - - - 32 



The Squirrel - - - - - - 40 



Gigantic Raspberries - - - - 44 



The Cayman - - - - - - 46 



The Yew Tree - - - - - 60 



The Ivy - - - - - 68 



The New Chimney -sweeping Act - - - 79 



Anecdote of a Combat betwixt Two Hares - 87 



The Wren, the Hedge-sparrow, and the Robin - 90 

 Waste Lands ------ jqo 



