Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-07-18

oolv served "a tiyhfen; bis honds and ~ 4
| crease bis pain. Suddenly the swallow,
| a If vith one consent. TOOK f3;oht an
| wheeling in the air. csns xne bv one an
gave 4 sham neck At The snAre, Which. afie
| repeated puils.. sn.nned, 81 awo. and m
| freed bird Aew iovoasIy avav with ii. kin
companions. Durinc this scene whic
passed within . lsw Yards Of Cuvier. and !
about the same distance 8 H. usurned mes,
the tutor remained mo.ionless and The ~,
sparrows never once stirred their threaten
inq protruded bs,ks. 1ss'I p
Suddenly. and swift = thouSht few
host Of swsilows so.;nst The re.e. each b,,
his bill filled with mud. which he d;scharS
ed against the' entranea and then cav
place to another. Who veoested the sam,
maunuvre. This tbev msnased 10 accom-
uIish while two inches diaanf from ,he nest
10 - - keeo z1uesfeesSl a. me- sbrieao
ured sparrows. Indeed. The latter were SC
eHectuslIy blinded by the FIRST DISCHARGE q
mud. thai thew no longer thought Of defend
ING themselves. Meantime The swalIov,
continued To bean mud ON the nest nnt;I !,
was compieteIv covered The open;no wouIf
have been quite choked un bst for The des
perate efforts made bv the ,o.rrows who +,
several couyulsiye shocks cnn,r;ved to sbaks
of some Of the peIIets. Rut de,.chmen,
of the implscabIe swallow, uercbed on The
nest. and with their heat, and claws
smoothed and pressed down the touch clsv
over the opening. and NJ length sncceeded
in closing II hermet;callv. Then were he,rd
from hundreds of little throass erie. of ven.
eeance and Of victorvl 4s9 Iis-1
But the swallows did not end their vork
here. They fastened IN bring from ali AZ.
REGIONS material, Cor . .econd mes, ,.h;.h
thew cons,ruc,ed over The hIocLed.nn en-
trance Of The first one and 4 two hour.
after The execution of The Sparrow. The ne,,
nest wa. inhabited bv the e;ected sw,lIows
The inexorable re noeance W.. nous com
pleted. Not only we're The unfor,un.,e
sn,r,ow. doomed ~ svn;.,. III. - = :.
4 linper;nc death. bu. tI,ev were e,,c.d H..
inc their tormen,s ~ listen ~ IN. ;o,c,l
so,p Of the two swaIlow, the c,.s. ~ H.,
execution. During many day. the hen
rarely Quilted the nest: she had Id civ
eggs. and while she was ha.ch;nc them her
mate supolied her with ;nsrc,s c,r eond II
Al the end Of a fortnight Cuvier remarked
that the cock was bu.y an dav in br;no;og
an enormous quantity of insect, 10 his
household: and looking into the nest he
saw six little yellow bills ali gaming w;de e.
food. From that time il became 5 cons,.n,
source of pleasure to the tutor to watch the
progressive developement Of The ,.,i. f,m-
ily. Their yellow beaks became hlsck and
shining. their downy bodies were covered
with smooth and elegant plum,c. and he :
began TO aecompanv Their ua,Ss, ~ - ~,
short excars;ons from The noe, IT. -
taught his children how 10 seize ,he,, n,sr
in the air how tn Az h;ob vh.,, ,hs 49,, rsy
phere was calm. and The A;es d;.oo,,.d
themselves in the upper regions: and how
to keen near the ground when /. s,oru w,.
approaching: for then ali insec,. .s.t
shelter.
Tins na,sed the summ., and .,,
came crowds IF .w,iIows .,.. ,'. $3.50"
sembIed ON the roof Of ,hs ch.,s.., =. =;
ouainviiie Tbev held r.cn,.r cnn.s,..
tion.. and Cnv;er amused b;.nss,e ..;,h 80
inc to ;n,e,nre, ,he;, I.n,,,.as IT, ~,
dren IF The noe, v.,. 49, :. -. nc Su"
Of the troon with he OH. so''.s "...1io ,u
and one morn;oo ,he ~,hs,I! ...s JIa.o" .
A,oh, ;mnl,,oeoa.l- 80 S:."s."I ' 10. ,o1n
course toward. The a., n ,hs S,,,." "em
.nr;ng ,,vo .w.ilo,vs L.. -. sse ~ o~ m
Gs.,hs,. ..n,. ..S -, -, a"u wv" 'ai. .e
mes, C,y;er ;,rm.d;.,.,. s.ses:S >. VIC
they were ~. ;Ss.,;e:, ' ~ .s '"I :"
+, SSa' ~'uS ""o'n NC