O:8 iB ATR AD ST | eg” 
| ae isin the form of a boat, ie while of rufhes that 

-are 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 
not be carried away. The female lays feven or | 
a eight eges; the little ones, when hatched, are 
: : entirely black. The parent’s care does not laft 
~ long, for fo foonas they are hatched, they run, — 
_fwim, and dive, and foon Repaaty ; each goes to 
__ live alone. 
The little Water Rail, like the other Rails, is. 
J —roufed with fo much difficulty by the dogs, that 
_. the fowler may fometimes almoft catch it in his 
as hand, or beat it down with a {tick : if it finds a 
bufh in its flight, it mounts upon it; and from: - 
this fituation fees the dogs pafs it, and lofe the 
: cent. 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 Jead- 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 
