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wear muffs, and linings to their dreffes of 

 them *. 



Here are parrots and parrokeets, and fine 

 jays in great abundance : in the country of the 

 Miffouris there are magpies, only different 

 from the European ones by their plumage, 

 their black and white colours being fhaded ; 

 the Indians make ornaments for their hair of 

 them. 



The eyes are taken with the beauty of nature 

 unaiTifted by art ; here fhe appears as fhe came 

 from the hands of the Creator, before the fall 

 of man. The ear of the traveUer is enchanted 

 by the fongs of the birds, and efpeciaUy thofe 

 of the mocking birds, which are fond of being 

 in his company, and feem formed on purpofe 

 to make him forget the fatigues and tedioufnefs 

 of the journey. Indeed as foon as the mocking 

 bird perceives a man, he perches near him, and 

 fmgs very agreeably, flying from place to place; 

 • and in a word, this bird is inimitable j it fettles 

 at the top of a tree, and mocks or mimics all 



the 



* Thefe are the red-ivingedfiare^ or maize thie-vet mentioned 

 and drawn in KalnCs Tra^veh^ Vol. II. p. 74. Qriolus phani- 

 .cevf. Linn* 



