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to keep a canary bird, of course every one else 

 has the same right ; and if every one did so, the 

 demand for them would be so much increased, 

 that it would be an inducement to persons trad- 

 ing between here and the Canary Islands, and 

 other places where they are found, to bring a 

 fresh supply of them from their native woods ; 

 and if I were to happen to meet with such a 

 trader, and tell him that I thought it very wrong 

 for him to bring these poor creatures from their 

 own country, to make them prisoners in this, he 

 would very naturally and properly say to me, 

 " Why it was for you and such as you that I 

 brought them. If I had not seen that the Ame- 

 ricans were so fond of these birds that almost 

 every one of them had one in a cage, I should 

 never have thought of doing so." Do you not 

 see, then, that I should be giving encouragement 

 to the cruel act ? 



Mary. But what are people to do who have 

 canaries, Aunt Mary ? I suppose they are not 

 to kill them. 



JZunt M. Keep them, and take good care of 

 them. They should be provided with a very 

 large cage, so that they can use their wings, and 



