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BIRD!" conclude the solemnity*. Accuse me 

 hot of cruelty for thus, with seeming coolness, 

 contemplating these last convulsive quiverings 

 of expiring life! My mind is otherwise occu- 

 pied, fixed on the important object of teach- 

 ing the virtue of forbearance. Ah, Sir ! in this 

 curiously complicated scene of things around 

 us, the present is by no means a solitary instance 

 in which the outlines of moral beauty become 

 blended with those of great deformities. 



Under impressions arising from which reflec- 

 tion, as furnishing in the interval a not unuseful 

 occupation to the mind, we will, if you please, 

 now sit down, and ruminate and rest. You are 

 by this time, I guess, somewhat prepared for 

 such repose, and so in sooth am I ; for I have 

 felt myself, as it were, called upon to make some 



effort to lead our pupil ha! he is gone! ~ 



" CATO ! COME IN here !" Do not suffer him to 

 trifle off, while we are seated, but "COME IN! - 

 DOWN here ! DOWN !" I say, Sir, I have endea- 

 voured to take him with some regularity, 

 although with numberless omissions upon minor 

 points, over the general heads of this practical 



* I refer to his conclusive treatment in taking up the game, 

 &c. P. 49, 50. 



