1 12 Travels and Adventures of I he Brothers BachevlUe, 



pert familiarity and inquisilive intru- 

 sions. 'I'lioy seem to know, that men 

 dare not shoot tliein for fear of shoot- 

 ing others than the '\viii<^cd tribe.' 

 Tiie sparrow takes tip liis abode in the 

 caves of our dwelling;. The owl comes 

 to our ivied habitniioiis ; the wren is 

 protected in our sIuhI ; the robin in a 

 private nook iti onr >vall; the swallow 

 takes the airy part of onr cliimney ; the 

 martin dabs ils in^ieuioiis plan lojyelhcr 

 with uiortar in a corner of our win- 

 dow; and onr fowls accommodato 

 themselves 1o onr convenience for 

 sheltering and rusticaiins them. 'O 

 had 1 the wings of a dove I' exelainis 

 tije fugitive, * for then I should be at 

 rest.' Noah trusted to a bird for dry 

 la:id. The bcautj of birds is iiicom- 

 ]>arable. Their constancy is prover- 

 bial. Their instruction to their young 

 val;ial)le. The harmony of birds sur- 

 passes all other sound. They obtain 

 their livelihood without injury to man- 

 kind. And it is erroneous* that they 

 destroy blossoms, and consume corn, 

 but in exceptionable instances ; on the 

 contrary, they resort to trees and 

 llowers, and eat the insidious insect, — ■ 

 ' the worm in the bud that feeds on the 

 damask cheek.' Birds are tractable 

 au<I imitative. They cun be taught to 

 driw^ water, and articulate like the 

 human voice. All birds are not even 

 destitute of an approximation to rea- 

 son. The seat of iiappiness caiuiot be 

 more delightfully imagined than in the 

 exisleiiee of a bird's nest full of happy 

 young, and nurtured under the shelter- 

 ing wing and warm bosom of their 

 l)arenls. Birds are fond of liberty. 

 Treedom, like air, is their life. Thomp- 

 son is alive to their interests in his 

 paraphrase on the latter part of the 

 Gill chap. Matth. He says, 



lliliold, and look away your low despair. 

 See ihu li£;lit tenants of llie barren air; 

 To tlicni nor stores nor trraiiiries beloiii.', 

 Nouf;lit but the woodiandaud the pleasing 



scng ; 

 Yet your kind iicuveiily father bends liis 



eye 

 On the least win;; tliat tilts along the sky. 

 To him they sinj; wlicu spring renews llie 



plain, 

 To lilin tlicv cry in winter's pincliina; reign, 

 Nor i^ their music nor ihiii plaint in vain : 



* The converve of this proposition 

 remains to be proved. This paper is on 

 the defensive, it m\\\X be <>l)servcd ; but I 

 think it would not be diflicnlt to show, 

 that many species of biids arc injurious. 



[March I, 



He hoars the gay and the distressful call. 

 And witli nn-paiing bounty tills them all. 

 If, ceaseless, thus tlie fowls of heaven he 



feeds. 

 If o'er the fields such lucid robes he 



spreads, 

 Will he not care for yon, ye faithlrss ! say. 

 Is he unwise? or, aie ye les-; than thev ? 

 J. R. PKloi<. 

 Islington. 



For the Moiitldtj Magtizhie. 



TRAVELS of the CROrUERS BACHEVILLE 



in VARIOUS COUNTRIES, before and 

 after the unhai'PY iiiiSTORATioN of 

 the Boi>Ri:oNS. 



Y limited plan will not admit of 

 expatiating upon thecauseswhich 

 led to the reception Napoleon was 

 greeted with; these, considering the 

 character of the times, weresufiiciently 

 w ithin the range of ordinary probabili- 

 ties. One fact fell within my know- 

 ledge, that, ill evciy part of the coun- 

 try which we visited, the movements 

 in favour of Napoleon originated with 

 the citizens, and were only followed by 

 the soldiers. 



At Visil, at Grenoble, at La Guillo- 

 ti^re, at Lyons, in the dejiarlment of 

 the Ain, at JMacon, at Chalons, it was 

 tlie peasants and labouring men that 

 first appeared in our favour. Na- 

 poleon misiit have conducted them all 

 to Paris, had lie been so inciiued. I 

 dare almost venture tc blame him for 

 depending on the army alone ; aa 

 army, however brave, may be sur- 

 ]nised, dislodged from liie strong 

 Isolds which it occupies, defeated ; 

 but an enlightened people, desirous of 

 ameliorating their condition by pro- 

 gressive improvements, will be sure, 

 eventually, to triumph, if not wanting 

 to themselves. Such a spoistancous 

 unanimity Napoleon might have ob- 

 tained by certain sacrifices, which, 

 however, he would not make. Such 

 investigations as these are always 

 valuable, and may lead to important 

 considerations; but I must now de- 

 scend to a subject Hi at may well 

 appi ar more trivial, respecting myself, 

 but such as 1 am abie to speak de- 

 cidedly upon. 



The emperor lialted a few days at 

 Lyons; I then obtained leave to visit 

 my family, wliich resides at Trevoux, 

 about four leagues from that city. 

 The place was then in a great agitation, 

 indulging in a very intemperate abuse 

 of our enterprise; but I found means, 



by 



