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of wider experience was no less interesting in behavior. 
For some moments she stood aloof in disgust; then, with 
more ruffie at her neck than was becoming, flew at the 
General with all fury. The astonished soldier returned 
several blows, then checking himself, held his head to 
the ground, covered with confusion. The fair insulter 
had no idea of quitting; she continued the onslaught, 
finally ending it with a series of smart picks square on 
the lordly comb. The General “grinned and bore it,” 
and thus ended the ludicrous mistake, for a mistake it 
was, the General fancying for an instant that he was 
dealing with a foeman worthy of-his spur. On discover- 
ing his blunder, he was glad to suffer the most crushing 
humiliation. 
The newcomer proved a lusty crower; and after taking 
his morning call several times, and finding it without 
variation, I recorded him : — 
But one day, at a late hour, when he was at large, I heard 
him use very different intervals. Listening to the strange 
version over and over again, I was much surprised and 
perplexed ; for, if I had erred in his case, which was a 
plain one, what might be my errors in intricate cases! 
I immediately changed the record to the new form, and 
wrote in the margin, “Every man is a genius in going 
wrong.” But the next morning my ear caught the first 
form again. The second, the same to the eye but very 
unlike to the ear, was this: — 
