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6. The migration of birds mould not be 

 difregarded, but their merely difappearing in 

 one part of the country is not properly a mi- 

 gration, for we frequently find that birds fhifc 

 their place of abode, at certain feafons, on ac- 

 count of fome palatable food, which may be 

 more plentiful in one part than in another the 

 crofling wide feas, or extenfive continents is 

 underftood. If any bird be found out at fea, 

 the fpecies of bird, the direction of its flight, 

 the diftance from land, and the latitude and 

 longitude mould be noted. 



In figure wedge their way, 



Intelligent of feafons ; and fet forth 

 Their airy caravan, high over feas 

 Flying, and over lands ; with mutual wing 

 Eating their flight : So fleers the prudent crane 

 Her annual voyage, borne on winds : The air 

 Floats as they pafs, fanivd with unnurnber'd 

 plumes (g)'. 



In northern climates, it would be ufeful to ob- 

 ferve when fw allows are firft feen, and when 

 they difappear ; and likewife in what climates 

 they have been found, whether in a torpid or 

 active ftate, with the fpecies and peculiar cha- 

 racters. 



7. What birds are allowed a privilege or im- 

 munity from being injured or killed ? and what 

 may be the reafons for the fame, or the advan- 

 tages derived therefrom ? 



8. Some birds of prey are employed in the 

 eaft by the Grandees in hawking and hunting. 

 What means are ufed for teaching fuch birds, 

 and what are their differences, fize, figure, plu- 

 mage, names, fpecific characters, &c ? 



(g) Milton. 



i 9. What 



