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cabin; and if, terrified by any extraordinary noise, 

 they flew out by one of the poop-windows, or by 

 a port- hole, they returned presently some other 

 way. Though of different species, they lived on 

 the best terms with each other; the? hopped about 

 merrily on those terrible machines which hurl from 

 afar thunder and death ; nay, on a cannon was 

 placed their little portion of fresh water and their 

 crumb of bread ; this was likewise their place of 

 repose. Their confidence became complete: they 

 fluttered around a daily and somewhat noisy table 

 of twenty persons; and these lovely guests cheered 

 with their warblings, and by their lively and grace- 

 ful movements, a habitation so dry and so mono- 

 tonous. On our approach to the coast of the isle 

 of Candia, our pretty and interesting navigators 

 were eager to take their flight thither, and with- 

 drew from us, regaling our ears with airy whist- 

 lings, the sweet accents expressive of their joy, 

 perhaps of their gratitude. Charming birds ! you 

 forsook a mansion of dulness and insipidity to 

 which you communicated an appearance of life, 

 and you went to animate enchanting groves al- 

 ready embellished by all llie bounties of indulgent 

 nature. May you long remain there a testimony 

 of your prosperous voyage, ana ihere recollect, that 

 amidst the horror of tempest, and of billows in a 

 rage; that amongst men whom the necessity of 

 brajvinc;, night and day, dangers incessant, seemed 



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