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STRONG EXPRESSIONS. 
in the affirmative. If it cannot be, is the change 
due to hybridization ? If so, what then ? 
There is altogether too much involved in the 
discussion of that question to introduce it here, 
especially as we are to imagine Mr. H- at- 
tempting the ascent of the tree upon which the 
flickers were seen, it having been determined 
that a small hole in the under side of a large limb, 
about ten feet from the ground,, must contain 
their nest. 
Mr. H — was one of those individuals who 
seem to possess an extra amount of energy which 
is only prevented from injuring them by explod- 
ing in adjectives and strong expressions. The 
party were not at all surprised to hear him ex- 
claim, when reaching the cavity, which feat was 
performed by clinging, his body stretched at full- 
length on the limb — - 
“ Weeping Jeremiah ! why couldn’t those birds 
have made this hole big enough for a body’s 
hand ? I say, Mr. Maxwell, I’ve got to have 
that hatchet. Je-rusalem ! if a body had much 
of this business to do, he’d regret his ancestors 
didn’t stop developing while they had prehensile 
tails to hang on to limbs by. How in the name 
of the great Crump-and-curmudgeon is a fellow to 
chop and stick on to a place like this ? Stand 
from under, everybody ! I don’t want to be 
hung for breaking anybody’s neck but my 
