Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery; Proceedings, Spoof

Subjects:

Ornithology, Animal Behaviour, Natural History, Religious Authority, Religion, Monstrosities

    Introduces 'evidence given by the London magistracy before the Sunday Beer Act Committee'. The witnesses include 'Bow Street' who denies the 'Chairman's' claim that swallows are travellers', but agrees that bees are travellers and should be stopped from singing on Sundays. Later, 'Worship Street' argues in favour of the sea serpent being regarded as a traveller.