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to exprefs my Ideas, in order to give a full and true 

 defcription of this Noife : However, I fhall en- 

 deavour to exhibit as jufl and candid a notion of it, 

 as a thing that cannot be expreffed will admit of. 

 Imagine then, that in a mild and ftill Summer's 

 Night, infteadof the croaking of Frogs and Toads, 

 you hear millions of the fofteft melodious Notes, 

 ftrike up almoll at once, into fo high and amazing 

 a key, as Mufick can poffibly rife to. Thefe to my 

 ear were all treble, though their feveral kinds 

 were ealily diftingulfhed from each other ; and 

 though they feemed to have no particular tune, 

 yet they were beyond all compare, fweet and 

 foothing. I thought they fung in Concert 3 for 

 when they were up at the higheft key, they would 

 all of a fudden ftop together, once every minute, 

 (perhaps to take breath) ^nd in a moment's fpace 

 fwell their Notes, and refume their wonted har- 

 mony as loud as before. At other times they 

 would gradually rife and fall their Notes, in a 

 moil: enchanting manner 5 and they would conti- 

 nue in this round of fmging all night long, till day- 

 break. When I firft heard them, they fo ravilh- 

 ed my elated Soul, that I flood motionlefs in our 

 Yard for fome minutes > and afterwards I left 

 the Company, and went out fix or feven times, 

 on purpofe to liflen to their bewitching Mufick. 

 Nay, I could not fall afleep for it, till fome hours 

 after my getting into bed : In iliort, among 



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