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the situation in which they are generally placed ; but 

 the deviation from the usual course would mark a 

 choice, and therefore be superior to the natural impulse 

 that guides the parent bird to build her nest after a 

 peculiar manner. 



This subject has insensibly led me further than I 

 intended : it is time to come to a conclusion, and bid 

 you adieu. 



Caroline. 



