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which we are told little more than that such a bird exists; for neither 

 the size, nor any other particular concerning it, is recorded, except that 

 the traders from Soudan bring them for sale, among other things, and 

 that they come originally from Nooffy, and not found to the east of 

 that place — that they sell at astonishing prices, some as high as 

 twenty dollars — and are carried by the Negresses, who soon teach 

 them to speak 



