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the most good, and enlist in their ranks the greater number of admirers, who, 
not content with, or stopping at admiration, may possibly at some future period, 
, by dint of perseverance, go on to attain the summit now proudly crowned by 
the most able naturalists. 
I hope you find an increasing demand for your periodical, for richly it deserves 
it. Wishing it all possible success, and yourself health and happiness, 
I am, dear Sir, with unfeigned respect, 
Ycur obedient servant, 
Stoke-ferrie , Norfolk , Richard Pigott. 
Nov. 23, 1838. 
[[Mr. Pigott breathes the spirit of a real lover of Nature, and his communica¬ 
tions are therefore acceptable to us in any shape which he may please to give 
them.—We will make inquiries respecting the delay complained of in Professor 
Bell’s new work.— Ed.] 
Departure of Swallows in 1838. 
To the Editor of the Naturalist. 
Dear Sir, —A friend has remarked to me that he noticed the Swallows to take 
their departure this Autumn much earlier than usual. I think he stated that 
very few remained about Woodside after the commencement of October ; and he 
put the question to me, whether they might not have foreseen the boisterous 
weather which followed, and so took an earlier departure to avoid it. 
Allow me here to observe, that by delaying communications of passing interest, 
such as notices of the seasons, till the season is over, they lose their value ; see 
Mr. Pigott’s remarks on the Spring of 1838. You do not insert them till Autumn, 
and before any remarks could be made, either to corroborate or otherwise, and 
those remarks be inserted, it is 1839, and they are in another volume. Trusting 
that you will excuse the freedom of my remarks, I beg to subscribe myself, 
Yours very faithfully, 
T. B. Hall. 
[[We invariably give the earliest possible insertion to notes on the seasons, and 
communications of a similar character. But at the same time we cannot think 
that they ever lose their value in the eyes of the naturalist who is in the habit 
of regularly recording and keeping his daily observations.— Ed.] 
