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; cneft isin the form of a boat, and made of rufhes that 
_ gré interwoven ; one end is moored or faftened | 
“tothe ftalk of a reed, fo that this little floating | 
cradle may rife and fall with the water, and yet ' 
ig not be carried away. ‘The female lays feven or 
4 eight eggs 5 the little ones, when hatched, are 
‘ entirely black. ‘The parent’s care does not laft 
- dong, for fo foon as they are hatched, they run, 
{wim, and dive, and foon feparate ; each goes to 
i live alone. 
~The little Water Rail, like the other Rails, is 
~ soufed with fo much difficulty by the dogs, that 
: ‘the fowler may fometimes almoft catch it in his } 
hand, or beat it down with a flick: if it finds a i 
bufh. in its flight, it mounts upon it; and from ql 
this fituation fees the dogs pafs it, and lofe the . 
~feent. It plunges into the water, and even dives 
to efcape an enemy. : 
 . The Soree Gallinule has black feathers near the 
_ bafe of its beak, the breaft is lead-colour, the 
_ beak yellow, and legs greenifh. It inhabits 
: North America. The Soree Gallinules become 
- fo fat in Autumn, that they cannot efcape from 
the Indians, who take great numbers by running 
them down. ‘They are very delicate food, and 
as much efteemed in Virginia, as the rice birds 
are in Carolina, or Ortolans in England. They 
are 

