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birds scuttle off to seek shelter, if any may be found, 

 the wee Petrel still stays, and awaits the utmost 

 violence of the storm." 



Thus the pages well-nigh end, though not without 

 a final strain of praise to the Creator so fittingly added 

 as a climax of the whole history of the feathered tribes 

 "O, all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord ; praise 

 Him, and magnify Him for ever." 



