22 SECOND EVENING.

Early this morning the brindled cow was delivered
of a fine bull-calf. Both are likely to do well. The
calf is to be fattened for the butcher. |

The duck-eggs that were sitten upon by the old
black hen were hatched this day, and the ducklings
all directly ran into the pond, to the great terror of
the hen, who went round and round, clucking with all
her might, inorder to call them out; but they did not
regard her. An old drake took the little ones under
his care, and they swam about very merrily.

As Dolly this morning was milking the new cow
that was bought at the fair, she kicked with her hind-
legs, and threw down the milk-pail, at the same time
knocking Dolly off her stool into the dirt. For this
offence the cow was sentenced to have her head
fastened to the rack, and her legs tied together.

A kite was observed to hover a long while over the
yard, with an intention of carrying off some of the
young chickens; but the hens called their broods
together under their wings, and the cocks put them-
selves in order of battle, so that the kite was dis-
appointed. At length, one chicken, not minding its
mother, but straggling heedlessly to a distance, was
descried by the kite, who made a sudden swoop, and
seized it in his talons. The chicken cried out, and
the cocks and hens all screamed; when Ralph, the
farmer’s son, who saw the attack, snatched up a loaded
gun, and, just as the kite was fiying off with his prey,
fired, and brought him dead to the ground, along with
the poor chicken, who was killed in the fall. The dead
body of the kite was nailed up against the wall, by
way of warning to his savage comrades. - "

In the forenoon we were alarmed with strange
noises approaching us, and looking out, we saw a num-
ber of people with frying-pans, warming-pans, tongs,
and pokers, beating, ringing, and making all possible
din. We soon discovered them to be our neighbours
of the next farm, in pursuit of a swarm of bees, which
was hovering in the air over their heads. The bees