A HISTORY OF 



self the more in the net, and is taken. The 

 quail may thus very well serve to illustrate 



[In this place it may be proper to mention a curious 

 bird of South America, called the Trumpeter, as it seems, 

 both in its formation and manners, to approach nearest to 

 the poultry kind. It is about the size of "a large fowl. 

 Its general plumage is black ; the neck and breast glos- 

 sy changeable green ; the bill yellowish green, the upper 

 mandible a little -convex; the legs are greenish. The 



the old adage, that every passion, carried to 

 an inordinate excess, will at last lead to ruin. 



Trumpeter is so called from the singular noise it makes. 

 It is easily domesticated, and discovers a great degree of 

 attachment to those who take notice of it and feed it, and 

 follows them like a dog ; but bites the legs of those to 

 whom it takes a dislike, following them to a great dis- 

 tance, and showing every mark of displeasure.] 



