The Hamptons ni chigaŵa cha mizi ya mumphepete mwa nyanja pa kumafumiro gha dazi kwa Long Island mu Suffolk County, New York. Chigaŵa ichi chili na matawuni gha Southampton na East Hampton, agho ghakupanga South Fork ya Long Island. Pakwamba chikaŵa chigaŵa cha ulimi na usodzi, kweni chikazgoka malo ghakumanyikwa gha maholide gha ku nyanja mu vyaka vya m'ma 1800. The Hamptons yikufuma ku Westhampton kufika ku Montauk ndipo yili na mizi nga ni Southampton, East Hampton, Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor na Amagansett. Chigaŵa ichi chikuzomerezgeka chifukwa cha magombe ghake, nyumba zakale, malo ghakutowa gha mumphepete mwa nyanja, na ntchito za vya chikhalidwe. Ŵalangi na ŵanthu ŵa vya luso ŵakhalapo mu chigaŵa ichi kwa nyengo yitali, ndipo chikuchitikira vyakuchitika nga ni Hamptons International Film Festival. (Nkhani yose...)
Mu 1845, magazini ya Scientific American yikafumiska magazini yake yakwamba. Magazini iyi yikamba kufalitsidwa ku United States ndipo yikulongosora chomene vya sayansi na tekinoloje.
Mu 1859, Chitika cha Carrington chikachitika, ndipo chikaŵa chimphepo chikuru cha maginito gha pa charu chapasi icho chikumanyikwa. Chikapangiska kuti ntchito ya telegraphu yisuzgike mu vigaŵa vinandi.
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), uyo wakuchemekaso kuti wild duck, ni bakha wa mu maji uyo wakusangika mu Americas, Eurasia na North Africa. Wakunjizgikaso ku New Zealand, Australia, South Africa na vigaŵa vinyake vya ku South America. Wakukhala ku nyanja, visimi, mlonga na malo ghanyake gha maji agho ghali na vyakumera vinandi. Ŵanalume ŵali na mutu wa mtundu wa buluu wakuwala, khosi lifipa na mulomo wachikasu, apo ŵanakazi ŵali na minthontho ya bulauni iyo yikuŵawovwira kubisama para ŵakukhwira mazira. Wose ŵali na mapapindo gha mtundu wa buluu panji violeti agho ghakuwoneka makora para ŵakuwuluka. Bakha uyu wakurya vyakumera vya mu maji, mphapu, tunthukachoko, tizombe na viŵeto vinyake vya mu maji. Mwanakazi wakubaba mazira 8 mpaka 13, ndipo ŵana ŵake ŵakumanya kwenda na kusambira nyengo yichoko waka kufuma pakubabikira. Mallard ndiyo ni sekuru wa mitundu yinandi ya mabakha gha pa nyumba agho ghakuliskika na ŵanthu pa charu chose.