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but I can find no species of sea bird of which this is the vulgar name. A bird so called inhabits the lake of Geneva.
"The period, when from Neustria's hostile shore
The Norman launch'd his galleys, and the bay
O'er which that mass of ruin*[1] frowns even now
In vain and sullen menace, then received
The new invaders," &c.
The Scandinavians†[2], and other inhabitants of the north, began towards the end of the 8th century, to leave their inhospitable climate in search of the produce of more fortunate countries.
