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THE UNIVERSE. 



the bird, playing the while, silently clears twenty leagues 

 an hour. A locomotive going at high pressure, enveloped in 



til \mmm\ 



145. Crane's Nest on an Egyptian Monument. 



fire and smoke, attains the same speed only by consuming 

 heaps of coke and water amid the infernal uproar of its 

 wheels and pistons. 



