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creatures with stones. Such as were hit by them began to 
march, but the others refused to stir. At last the shepherd was 
forced to entreat our Orpheus to stop his magic sounds; the 
sheep then moved off, but continued to stop at a distance as often 
as our friend resumed the agreeable instrument. 
“ The tune he played was nothing more than a favorite air, at 
the time performing at the opera in Milan. As music was our 
continual employment, we were delighted with our adventure ; 
we reasoned upon it the whole day, and concluded that physical 
pleasure is the basis of all interest in Music.” 
Having given much time to the domesticated quadrupeds, the 
domesticated bipeds, our friends who wear feathers, must be per- 
mitted to give their testimony. 
Iam again indebted to Prof. Davidson for many interesting 
anecdotes, all the more so as the instances recited have the au- 
thority of his personal knowledge, or that of others known to 
him as truthful and intelligent. 
BIRDS AND MUSIC. 
First relating to pigeons. “It must have been about 1841 
when I had gotten rid of about fifteen pairs of pigeons of different 
varieties; but I retained a fine white ‘hen pigeon’ because we all 
felt a kind of attachment towards her,—the younger brothers and 
sisters and my mother. I was going through the task of learn- 
ing the flute from my father’s teaching ; I had only a one-keyed 
flute, but of very sweet tone. One white pigeon had always 
made herself at home about the back part of the house, frequently 
leaving the large pigeon house and coming into the kitchen ; but 
after the sale of all the other pigeons she was continually amongst 
our feet, and making close friends with one and all. In the 
course of my fluting we noticed that this white pigeon became 
very much excited over one particular tune, but as to others she 
seemed wholly unconcerned. So, to please the younger portion 
of the family, as well as my mother, I frequently cleared a 
space for the pigeon to perform in and commenced to play. She 
would begin to circle round and round in the most excited man- 
