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there falls but little Rain in a long fpace of time ; and in 
Rainy Years it continues always full ; but it never liappens 
in this Country, that there is a drought for a whole Year 
together. 
,The Ducks I have lb often .mentioned, and v/hich ar@- 
caft out with the Water, are generated in the Lake, un- 
der the Mountain Javomic ; when they firft come outy- 
they fv/im well, but are itark blind, and have no Fea- 
thers on them, br but few, and therefore are eafily caught; 
but in 14 days time they get Feathers, and recover tlieit 
fight yet fooner, and afterwards fly away in Flocks. They 
are black, only white on the Fore-head, their Bodies not 
bigg, refembhng ordinary Wild-Ducks, and are of a good 
taft, but too fatt, having near as much fatt as lean. 
I kiird fome of them as foon as they had been caft out 
zt Sekadiilze^ and opening their Bodies, I found in them 
much fand, and in fome few, fmall Fifhes; in others green 
ftuff Uke Grafs or Herbs: which was the more ilrange, be- 
caufe I never found any green thing growing in any of 
our Subterraneous Grottoes or Lakes in CarnioU ^ I tried 
alio to procure fome of the Fifh at the time of their being 
caft out, to open them add fee what they hve upon, but 
notwithftanding all my endeavour, I could not get any of 
them to latisfie my Curiofity withall. 
Aimoft every Year, at a Hole in the Mountain called 
Storfeg^ about half a German Mile from the Lake of Z^^k- 
mz^ near the Town of Laas^^ whenever there happen 
great Floods of Rain, this fort of Ducks is caft out in great 
abundance, by the Water gufliing out with much force, 
i conceive that this Cavern Storfeg is another PalHige out 
of the fame Lake undQvJavormc^ that overflows and fills 
up our Lake of Xi^knitZyhm this being Ibmewhat higher, 
it nev^er runs cut, uniefs the (aid Lake be more than ordina- 
ry fweird by the Violence of the Rains. The caiiing 
fiut of great Numbers oi Ducks here, is fo common that it 
iookt upon as no Rarity. ; : 
