Part 165

= became.

+ersonnen+.

= gives.

give — her, +grüße sie von mir+.

to take care of a person, +für einen sorgen+; of — you = of both of you. He saw both of us, +Er sah uns beide+.

Section 193.

TELEGRAPHY (S. 3, N. 2) AMONG BIRDS.

I watch a flock of crows who, by some own correspondent of theirs, have learned that Farmer Blyth will hold a ploughing match on his grounds, and have in consequence summoned their brethren to a diet of worms. How unconcerned they look, as if worms were nothing to them! How grave, as if it were an Ecclesiastical Convocation, and they had no thought of earthly things! Yet point a gun, or anything like it towards them, and in a moment (App. § 14) the young birds even whose backs seemed turned to you will give a flutter of their wings, which appears an involuntary struggle, but in reality is as significant a danger-signal as a red flag on a railway, and is sufficient to clear the field. Nor [= And yet ... not] are those crows exceptionally wise. All their feathered brethren have made a sacred compact that never with their consent shall salt be put upon their tails. The sparrows are not so idle that they do not pass the word to each other when crumbs are falling thick from some rich man’s table. The doves, though they look so innocent (S. 27, N. 8) do not spend all their time in cooing love-songs and cradle-lullabies, or in pruning their rainbow-feathers. They have a Telegraphy of their own, and by a mere peck, or a [+das+] ruffle of their feathers, can direct each other to the fields where the autumn wheat is germinating best, or the garden where the green peas are fullest and brightest.—PROFESSOR C. WILSON.

+beobachten.+

+Schar+, f.

to hold a ploughing match on one’s grounds, +auf seinem Felde pflügen lassen+.

= friends; ‘diet’, here +Gericht+, n.

This is nothing to me, +dies geht mich nichts an+. See App. § 33.

+Kirchenversammlung+, f.

to have no thought of earthly things, +an nichts Irdisches denken+.

The huntsman pointed a gun towards me, +der Jäger richtete eine Flinte auf mich+.

whose — you = that apparently seemed to turn their (S. 43, N. 9, B) back to thee.

to give a flutter, +eine leichte flatternde Bewegung machen+; of = with.

an involuntary struggle = quite involuntary (+unwillkürlich+).

= in the railway-service (S. 36, N. 7, A).

= All birds.

Supply ‘among (+unter+) one another’ here.

+als daß+; to pass the word = to give a hint.

to fall thick, +im Überflusse auf die Erde fallen+.

+verbringen.+

in — lullabies, +mit dem Girren von Liebes- und Wiegenliedern+.

We have a library of our own, +wir haben unsere eigene Bibliothek+.

Here follows the verb ‘can’; supply ‘with the beak’ after ‘peck’.