158 THE FACE OF THE FIELDS 



every other living thing, except those that Noah, 

 commanded by God, took two by two into the 

 Ark. 



"When I reflect deeply and earnestly about 

 the Ark, as every one should, thoughts crowd my 

 mind with an irresistible force." 



[And they crowd my mind, too.] 



" Noah and his family had preserved the names 

 of the birds given them by Adam. This is as- 

 sured, for Noah sent a raven and a dove out to 

 see if the waters had abated, and we have birds of 

 that name now. Nothing was known of our part 

 of the globe, so these birds must have remained 

 in the Holy Land for centuries. We do not hear 

 of them until America was discovered. . . . 



"Bats come from Sur. They are very black 

 mouse-like birds, and disagreeable. . . . The bobo- 

 link is not mentioned in the Bible, but it is doubt- 

 less a primitive bird. The cock that crows too 

 early in the morning . . . can hardly be classed 

 with the song-birds. The name of the humming- 

 bird is not mentioned in the Bible, but as there 

 is nothing new under the sun, he is probably a 

 primitive bird." 



Mr. Burroughs will agree that the humming- 



