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LETTERS PROM ALABAMA. 
SO stupid that they never think of getting out at 
the hole by which they got in, but remain there, 
TURKEY-PEN. 
until the hunter comes, who goes in and knocks 
them on the head. Many are sometimes taken at 
once in this way. I saw yesterday a number of 
eggs that had been taken from the nest of a wild 
Turkey; they were larger than hens’ eggs, and 
rounder, but not so large as I should have expected 
from the size of the bird : their colour was drab, or 
pale brown, with darker dots. 
But here we approach the august vicinity of 
that seat of learning, of which the presidential chair 
is occupied by your humble servant. This, Sir, is 
our seminary,” our “academy,” our “ establish- 
ment,” our “ alma maters Walk in, while I collect 
the urchins. 
