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to Man, that the firft prayers addreffed to the 

 Deity, and the original Laws among all Nations, 

 were fet to mufic. Man lofes a tafte for it only in 

 polifhed fociety, the very languages of which, at 

 length, lofe their accentuation. The fact is, that a 

 multitude^offocial relations deftroy, in a Hate of re- 

 finement, the correfpondencies of Nature. In that 

 (late, we reafon much, but fcarcely feel any longer. 



The Author of Nature has deemed the har- 

 mony of founds to be fo necefiary to Man, that 

 there is not a fituation upon the Earth but what has 

 it's ringing bird. The linnet of the Canaries ufu- 

 ally frequents, in thofe iflands, the flinty gutters 

 of the mountains. The goldfinch delights in fandy 

 downs, the lark in the meadows, the nightingale 

 in woods by the fide of a brook, the bullfinch, 

 whofe note is fo fweet, in the white thorn : the 

 thrum, the yellowhammer, the greenfinch, and all 

 other finging birds, have their favourite pod. It 

 is very remarkable, that all over the Globe they 

 difcover an inninct which attracts them to the ha- 

 bitation of Man. If there be but a fingle hut in a 

 foreft, all the fong-birds of the vicinity come and 

 fettle around it. Nay, none are to be found ex- 

 cept in places which ,are inhabited. I have tra- 

 velled more than fix hundred leagues, through the 

 forefts of Ruffia, but never met with fmall birds 

 except in the neighbourhood of villages. On mak- 



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