OB 



Merely to see him leap. 

 Jrom his perch to thejloor 

 of his cage is to me a never- 

 failing marvel. It is so 

 instantaneous^ and yet so 

 quiet : clip^ and he is down^ 

 with his head in thejood- 

 cup: I can compare it 

 to nothing but the stroke 

 of Fate. It is perhaps a 

 strained association of the 

 large with the small: but 

 when he suddenly leaps 



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