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the oppreflion about his bofom, and begins to 

 breathe with frequent and fhort refpirations ; at 

 the fame time the cold contracts his red fkin, gra- 

 dually turning it pale ; the contents of the bladder 

 and of the bowels are evacuated : and from the ex- 

 perience of thefe nrft difagreeable fenfations the 

 pailion of fear is excited, which is no other than 

 the expectation of difagreeable fenfations. This 

 early aflbciation of motions and fenfations- perfifts 

 throughout life ; the paflion of fear produces a cold 

 and pale fkin, with tremblings, quick refpiration, 

 and an evacuation of the bladder and bowels, and 

 thus conftitutes the natural or univerfal language of 

 this pailion. 



On obferving a Canary bird this morning, Ja- 

 nuary 28, 1772, at the houfe of Mr. Harvey, near 

 Tutbury, in Derbyfhire, I was told it always fainted 

 away, when its cage was cleaned, and defired to fee 

 the experiment. The cage being taken from the 

 ceiling, and its bottom drawn out, the bird began 

 to tremble, and turned quite white about the root 

 of his bill: he then opened his mouth as if for 

 breath, and refpired quick, flood ilraigluer upon 

 his perch, hung his wings, fpread his, tail, clofed 

 his eyes, and appeared quite ft iff and cataleptic for 

 near half an hour, and at length with much tremb- 

 ling and deep refpirations came gradually to him- 

 felf. 



2. Of Grief. 



That the internal membrane of the noftrils may 

 be kept always moid, for the better perception of 

 odours, there are two canals, that conduft the tears 

 after they ha^ve done their office in moiftening and 

 cleaning the ball of the eye into a fack, which is 

 called the lacrymal lack j and from which there is a 



duel, 



