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f^ood a full Hour to hear thefe Songfters 

 charming our Ears, at our going, I perfua- 

 ded him to fmg a merry Catch undar the 

 Vv'ood-Slde •, which he h?d no fooner be- 

 gan, but one of the Nighdngaies came and 

 bjre his Part, and in a v minute's lime 

 came the other to bear his Pare, Itill keep- 

 ing of their Stations, and mv Friend and 

 I itanding between them (for it is obferved 

 by all that know the Nature of the Nigh- 

 tiiigale, that he will fuffer no Competitor, 

 if he be able to mafter him, if not^ he 

 will fometimes rather die than give place) 

 and fo he fang three or four meiry Songs, 

 and the Birds finging with him all the 

 Time •, and aS he raifed his. Notes, fo did 

 they, that he did proteft, that he never en- 

 joyed more pleaiure in lb Ihort a Time in 

 all his Life ; fjr the Coppice or Wood be- 

 ing upon the Side of a Hdi, and a Valley 

 in the Bottom, lb doubled all their Notes, 

 with iuch alweetand Pieafant Eccho, that 

 I am. confident none could think thQ T'ime 

 long in the hearing of lb fwect delightful, 

 and a pieafant Harmony. 



The Sky -Lark. 



HE is a very (lout Bird, very lavifh 

 in his Song, and ungs eight or nine 

 iViontLs in the Year ; he is a very good 



Lird 



