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long before it comes into view for the eyesr 

 to diftinguifli it. Yet, though it may be 

 o^ranted Owls hearken, as well as look for 

 prey, I would not have you think, becaufe 

 they have ears, they hear all manner of 

 ways. No, they have no good ufe of them, 

 but from what happens beneath ; their 

 hearing is very imperfed; before, or fide- 

 ways, nor have they any advantage at all in 

 hearing what happens above. Admit they 

 had, to what ufe or purpofe would it tend ? 

 They have not the leaft hope or expectation 

 of Mice hanging over their heads, but the 

 contrary. All creatures, as I faid before, 

 boaft fome peculiar excellence. The crafty 

 Fox that fcouts about, and hath various 

 means of acquiring fubfiftence, depends 

 greatly on a talent of hearing from above 

 faperlor to moil, and equal to all creatures. 

 What principle do you imagine diredts him 

 on his patrols, to lurk underneath, or climb 

 the pear or plumb tree where the poultry 

 rood ? Not fo much his eyes as his ears : a 

 feather is fcarce moved but he hears it. 

 On the other hand, the vigorous wild or 



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