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to endeavour to trace from whence they come, and to inquire 
why they make so very short a stay. 
Tn the account you gave me of your error with regard to the 
two species of herons, you incidentally gave me great entertain- 
ment in your description of the heronry at Cressi Hall; wliicli 
IHK \VI8HINf; PTONF,. 
is a curiosity I never could manage to see. Fourscore nests of 
such a bird on one tree is a rarity which I would ride half as 
many miles to get a sight of. Pray tell me in your next whoso 
seat Cressi Hall is, and near what town it lies.^ I have often 
Cressi Hall is near Spalding, in Lincolnshire. 
