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 CHAPTER VII. 



AQUATIC FOWL. 



' Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat 

 When the frost rages, and the tempests beat ; 

 Whence your return, by such nice instinct led, 

 When spring, sweet season, lifts her blooming head ? 

 Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, 

 And GOB of NATUEK is your secret guide !" 



THE TAME OR MUTE SWAN, 



From its magnificent appearance on the water, has, from an early 

 period, been held in the highest estimation. In the reign of 



