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most identical with that 

 of the coW'bii^d — an inde- 

 scribably plaintive^ long- 

 drawn ^ thin whistle. Day 

 after day I heard him 

 make use of these ex/ires- 

 sions. He had never done 

 so before. The mournful 

 one he woidd usually ac- 

 company^ as soon as the 

 door was shut^ with a side- 

 long inquiring posture of 

 the head^ which was a 



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