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CHIMNEY SWALLOW. 
Hirundo Rustica. 
I CAN fancy that I hear some of my fair readers ex- 
claim, " What ! give us a swallow next to a lovely 
nightingale? how absurd To such of my gentle 
readers, I beg to observe, that this is not a scientific 
work, but one intended solely for amusement ; and 
being myself a true lover of nature, feeling an equal 
interest in the most insignificant, as well as the most 
beautiful, of God's creatures, I wish, if possible, to 
obtain the same share of interest for my feathered 
favourite now introduced. 
An actress of great celebrity* used to say, " that 
she loved every living creature better than men and 
women." I do not go quite so far, though I cer- 
tainly think every one of the feathered race objects 
Miss Fanny Kemble. 
