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Animali found in Norfolk, 



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Greece ; a glory infinitely I'urpafiing thst 

 of men who fack cities and fubjugate em- 

 pires." 



In his orations he refoiutely enters into 

 a dil'putation refpefting the form of the 

 government ; he defiits the Athenians to 

 recolledl the inHitutions of Sulr-n and 

 Cliflheties. " According to thele Ic^ifla- 

 tors (obierved lie), liberty cocifjlts in the 

 execution of the laws, and not in holding 

 wp magilfrates to contempt. They en- 

 trufttdnotany of the employments m the 

 ftate to unprincipled, but to virtuous 

 charafttrs, being aware that the citizens 

 in general would model their conduft by 

 that of ifs chiefs. None of your aticei- 

 tors (continued he) ev^r er.r'ched them- 

 felves by the fpoliationof the pa'nllc purfe ; 

 they chofe rather to facrifice their own pa- 

 trimony to the general good of the repub- 

 lic. Their efforts were dirtiled net lb 

 much to punifli, as, by the employment 

 of wife meafures, to prevent the commil- 

 fion of crimes. They believed that fu- 

 preme authority belongs only to the ftate, 

 and that nothing prohibited by the laws 

 ought to be tolerated in private indivi- 

 duals." 



Ho* great is the addrefs which he em- 

 ploys in his Oration to the Lacedemonians, 

 to animate their courage, and to exhort 

 them to reject the inlblcnt demands of the 

 Tfcebans ! Afjer analyzing the principal 

 difcourfes of Ifocrates, Dionyfuis Hali- 

 carnaflchfis confiders the elocution of this 

 celebrated orator, and informs us Pliilo- 

 nicus compared hinr. to a painter who in 

 his piftures gave to the figures the fame 

 attitudes and the fame drapery. H. 



For the Monthly Magazine. 



ANIMALS found in NORFOLK. 



■ [Continued from No. 133, p. iiS.] 



THE WAXEN CHATTERER. 



THIS very beautiful, and now un- 

 common bird, with fine cinnabar tips 

 to the lecondaiy feathers of its wingn, was 

 not unfrequenrly feen by Sir Thomas 

 JBiowne. 



THE CROSSnil.L. 



*' The loxi'.is, or curvirojha, is a bird 

 a little bigger tlian a ihrufh, of fine co- 

 lours, and has a pretty note. It difteis 

 fiom other birds, in having tlrf upper 

 and lower mandibles of its bill to crofs 

 «3ch other. It is migratory, and arrive* 

 about the beginning of fummer. It is 

 eafily tamed, and is fometlmes kept ir> 

 OSges ; but I have Bcvcr known them to 

 *ut!ive the>vint«r." 



iitf. — ttne would fcarceljr fuppofe that 



Sir Thomas Browne had ever feen th« 

 crofsbiU himfelf, fince the colours of it« 

 plumage are by no means to be confidered 

 as fine or brilliant ; and in its fiie, fo far 

 from equalling the thrulh, it is fcarcely 

 bigger than a lark. 



THE GOLDFINCH. 



Sir Thomas Browne calls this bird a 

 fool's-coat, or draw-water. The former 

 name is derived from the variety of its 

 colours, and the latter from the office that 

 it is frequently taught to perform, of 

 drawing up (by means of a little chain 

 and cup) the water that is given for it to 

 drink. He fays that goliifinches were 

 often caught in cages in the gardens near 

 Norwich. 



THE WHEATEAR. 



" A-vis troi{loiilica, v chock, is a finalt 

 bird of a mixed black and white colour. 

 Ti-.ele birds breed in rabbet burrows, and 

 the warrens are full of the'm fiom April to 

 September, at which time they leave the 

 cotintry. They are caught with a hobby 

 and a net, and are accounted excellent 

 eating." 



THE COAT SUCKER. 



" The dorhawke, or caprimulgus, is a 

 kind of accipiter mufcarius, and has its 

 name fi^m the circumllance of its feeding 

 en files, and dors or beetles. It breeds 

 with us, and lays a very handfome fpotted 

 egg. Although I have opened many of 

 thefe birds I could never find any thing 

 confiderable in their maws." 



THE BUSTARD. 



" Bijiardas, or buftards, are not unfre- 

 quent in the open part of the county.— 

 This is a very hrge bird, and i» remark- 

 able for the ftrength of its breaft-bone, 

 and fcr its Ihort heel. It lays two eggs, 

 which are much bigger than thofe of a 

 turkfjy. It is accounted a dainty di(h." 



Obf. — The buftanis are at this time all 

 extirpated out of Norfolk ; and the very 

 few which are now to be found in this 

 kingdom are entirely confined to Salifljury 

 Plain. 



THE BLACK AND RED GAME. 



" The hea'h-poult, which is common 

 in the North, is unknown here ; as is alfo 

 the grouCe. I have however heard of 

 fbme being feen about Lynn." 



THE PARTRIDGE AND qUAIL. 



" There are here great ftore of par- 

 tridg«s, and no fmal! number of quails." 



THE CORNCRAKE. 



*• We have the ralla, or rayle, which 

 is accounted an excellent difh." 



THE SPOONBILL. 



" The platen, or flioveiard, which 

 builds on ti)t tops of high trees^ 13 known 



