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tcrs ; who, fpeaking of their way of filliing in the 

 northern parts, by breaking holes, and drawing 

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

 teen Swallows fo drawn out of the Lake of Sam- 

 rodt, and about thirty out of the king's great 

 pond in Rofineilen ; and that at Schlebitten, near 

 an houfe of theEarl of E)obna, he faw two Swal- 

 lows juft come put 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 appearancç. 



✓ The ingenious Dr. Owen, in his Hiftory of 



Serpents, fpeaking of Woodcocks and Fields 

 fares vifiting us in the winter, and then return- 

 ing northwards, fays, " But as to Cuckows and 

 Swallows, it is generally allowed that they fleep 

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

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

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

 abfurdity in fuppofing that thefe Ihould go upon 

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

 grimage ; that thefe purfue a leiïer heat, as wpll 

 as the others fly from a greater cold. 



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