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08 on the nightingale in Ru/fsia. Dec. 265 
The first is the uncommon softne/s of the damp~ 
soil; a defect which even the credulous cynic could* 
mot accuse Scotland of. 
The second, a fhort, but ardent summer. 
And, thirdly, a great profusion of insects, the natu- 
ral result of the other two. 
Now, then, Mr Editor, if you with to pofsefs the 
nightingale, you have only te remove a few degrees 
nearer the pole, where you will have the ground co- 
vered six months in the year with a cloth yard of 
frozen snow ; and then, only let Caledonia be once 
more over-run with close natural forests, to prevent 
its drying during your fhort summer, and you will 
be sure to abound, like ‘as, in vermin, and soft bill- 
ed birds, (who live on them,) and like us you may’ 
eat woodcocks, snipes, €8c. in common at table, to 
the music of Philomel, our dinnér choirister. 
We boast another uncommon luxury, equally the 
effect of our happy climate, and which you may 
equally enjoy by giving Scotland the northern ketch 
hinted at above; that is, to have Philomel’s music 
at all seasons, in our stove heated rooms, where 
flowers blow, and birds sing, all the year round. 
This advantage suggests a thought, which probably 
may account for the report that gave origin to this 
letter. 
If Peter the Great first introduced into Rufsia a 
curious species of winter gardens that now exists, it 
will easily account for the story of exotic warblers ; 
as they in fact not only live the whole year, in high 
spirits,,and song, but even propagate their spe- 
cies on the spot, where Arctic rivals Asiatic luxu- 
Ty. 
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