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put it kindly back again on the next branch to FIRST 



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thee. It will want no other reward for its - 

 services. 



When in thy hammock, should the thought 

 of thy little crosses and disappointments, in thy 

 ups and downs through life, break in upon thee, 

 and throw thee into a pensive mood, the owl will The owl - 

 bear thee company. She will tell thee that hard 

 has been her fate too ; and at intervals, " Whip- 

 poor- Will," and " Willy come go," will take up 

 the tale of sorrow. Ovid has told thee how the 

 owl once boasted the human form, and lost it for 

 a very small offence ; and were the poet alive 

 now, he would inform thee, that " Whip-poor- 

 Will," and " Willy come go," are the shades of 

 those poor African and Indian slaves, who died 

 worn out and brokenhearted. They wail and 

 cry, " Whip-poor-will," " Willy come go," all 

 night long; and often, when the moon shines, 

 you see them sitting on the green turf, near the 

 houses of those whose ancestors tore them from 

 the bosom of their helpless families, which all 

 probably perished through grief and want, after 

 their support was gone. 



About an hour above the rock of Saba, stands Simon's 

 the habitation of an Indian, called Simon, on the 

 top of a hill. The side next the river is almost 

 perpendicular, and you may easily throw a stone 

 over to the opposite bank. Here there was an 

 opportunity of seeing man in his rudest state. 



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