. The Saturday magazine . artifice in buildingtheir nests, on account of the monke)^s and snaJces;some form their hanging dwellings in the shape of al)urse, deep and open at the top, others with a hole inthe side. Some with an entrance at the very bottom,forming their lodge near the summit. The nests of the larger description of birds areconstructed with less attention to warmth, than thoseof the smaller, and the reason is obvious; the smallsize of the eggs of the latter would not allow them,if exposed to the air, to retain their necessary heatduring the temporary absence of the parent birds,a
. The Saturday magazine . artifice in buildingtheir nests, on account of the monke)^s and snaJces;some form their hanging dwellings in the shape of al)urse, deep and open at the top, others with a hole inthe side. Some with an entrance at the very bottom,forming their lodge near the summit. The nests of the larger description of birds areconstructed with less attention to warmth, than thoseof the smaller, and the reason is obvious; the smallsize of the eggs of the latter would not allow them,if exposed to the air, to retain their necessary heatduring the temporary absence of the parent birds,and thus they would risk becoming addled. Butthe larger size of the eggs of the larger birds preventtheir temperature from being reduced for a consider- 1833.] THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE. 5S able time, and in these different modes of construct-ing the nest, the economy as well as hberality of nsitureis well exemplified: whatever is required for thegood of the creature is granted, but all superflouslabour and material is Jiced Wren and nest of the reed ^v^en, represented in the an-nexed cut, is firmly lashed to the stems of reeds, afew feet above the surface of the water, and beingfixed generally at some distance from the banks ofthe stream, is secui-ely placed beyond the reach ofmost of its enemies. Letter from Dr. Johnson to his following Letter was written by Dr. Johnson, to hisgod-daughter. It is transcribed from the original, whichis in the Doctors hand-writing, and is still in the posses-sion of Mrs. Jane Langton, of Brighton, the lady towhom it was addressed :—• My dearest Miss Jenny,—I am sorry that your prettyletter has been so long without being answered; but whenI am not pretty well, I do not always write plain enough foryoung ladies. I am glad, my dear, to see that you writeso well, and hope that you mind your pen, your book, andyour needle, for they are all necessary. Your books willgive you knowledge, and make you respected, and y
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