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oath, to Cardinal Commendon n , that he had frequently feen 

 f callows which were found at the bottom of Lakes. 



I mall now proceed to the iecond fpecies of the iwallow-tribe, 

 called a martin, which hath no colours but black and white, hath 

 a fhorter tail than the preceding, and builds commonly under 

 the eaves of houfes. 



1 may be miftaken, but I mall here again hazard a conjecture 

 that this fpecies does not hide itfelf under water during the win- 

 ter, but rather in the crevices of rocks or other proper lurking- 

 places above ground, as moft of thofe which have been difcovered 

 in fuch filiations have been martins. 



The inftances of this fort are fo numerous from all parts, that 

 to bring them within a moderate compafs I muft only felecta few 

 of them ; promifing thofe who are incredulous, that I can moft 

 readily furnim many more than I fhall now produce. 



1 fhall begin with a letter dated at Towyn in Merionethmire, 

 dated. March 22, 1773. 



Extract from a Letter relative to torpid Martins. 

 " Sir, Towy)L, Merionethflme, March 22, 1773, 



I received yours ; and according to your defire I made as much 

 enquiry as I could concerning the fvvallows. Richard Hugh, a 

 boatman at Aberdylyny, tells me, that he lived with Mr. Anwil 

 about twenty years ago, when they were found by Mr. Anwil 

 himfelf, who ordered him, with fome others of his fervants, to 

 go along with him to fee them ; and the faid Richard Hugh 

 really believes that there were fome thoufands of them ; and Mr. 

 Anwil, with his own hand, put fome of them into a part of the 



11 See the Life of that Cardinal, p. 211. Paris, 1671, 4to. 



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