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the season advances, and, when flying low in 

 the calm of evening, cause a sishing sound, like 

 the ebb of the surf upon the shingle. What a 

 clamor there arises from the ebon flocks in the 

 corn fields for weeks before their departure; 

 what garrulous sessions are held by the disput- 

 ing crowds ere the date is fixed upon for their 

 southward flight ! We may well wonder how 

 the young birds are made to understand the sig- 

 nal of departure, and marvel 



Who calls the council, states the certain day ? 

 Who forms the phalanx, and who points the way ? 





