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and superb roundelays. The long drawn call 

 of the moose, the roar of the lion in the jungle, 

 the hideous yowls of the night-prowling cat 

 are but examples of mammalian calls, based 

 upon passion, which are not musical to human 

 ears, however much they may be to others of 

 the kind that give them forth. 



Music and song are also the frequent accom- 

 paniments of human love-making. A harmony 

 of sound, either instrumental or vocal, or both, 

 is deemed essential at times, or if not essential 

 at least helpful, to the wooings of mankind. 

 And so the flute, the guitar, the mandolin, the 

 organ or the piano have for centuries been, and 

 will long continue to be, the delight of all lads 

 and lassies within whose bosoms love is begin- 

 ning to bud. 7 Tis for the same reason that the 

 powers of song or vocal music, are cultivated 

 more in youth than in middle age. Ah, love 

 ah, passion blot thee from existence, and how 

 silent the woodland and meadow, how empty of 

 musical sounds the halls of human habitations ! 



