The Natural History of Selborne

Timothy begins to eat: he crops the daisies, & walks down to the fruit-wall to browse on the lettuces.  Mr Ventris observed a little whirl-wind, which originated in the road before his house, taking up the dust & straws that came in it’s way.  After mounting up thro’ one of the elms before the Yard, & carrying away two of the rooks nests in which were young squabs; it then went off, leaving the court-yard strewed with dust & straws, & scraps of twigs, & the little naked rooks sprawling on the ground.  A pair of rooks belonging to one of these nests built again & had a late brood.