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fe melioraterh, the found.. For (no dobur) there mild bea differing Tound : 
‘in a Trumpet or Pipe of Wood, and again, ina Trumpet or Pipe of Brafs. 
It were good to try Recorders and Hunters Horns of Brag, what the found 
would be. 
Sounds. are meliorated by the Intenfion of the Sente, wherethecommion| 235 
1 Senfe is collected moftto the particular Senfe of Heating, and the Sight fut 
| pended: And therefore Sounds are{wecter, as well as greater, in the Night 
{| thani in the Day ; and} fuppofe, they are fweerer to blinde men, thanto 
| Y others: Anditis manifelt, that between fleeping and waking, cwhen all the 
au enfes are bound and fa(pended) Mufick is far (weeter than when one is fully 
¥ a. 
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Tis a ring firange in Nature, when itis attentively confidered, How] 236, 
Children and {ome Birdslearn to imitate Speech. They take no mark ar | Experiments 
| allof the Motion of the Mouth of him that fpeaketh, for Birds areas well |i" vin 3 
‘| taughtinthe dark, as joaea The founds of Speech are very curious and nes S 
Vexquifite; fo one would think it were a Leffon hardtolearn. Ir is true, | Sounds, 
* thar it is done with time, and by little and little, and with many eflays and 
| proffers: But all this difchargeth not the wonder. It would make aMan 
‘| think (though this, which wefhall fay, may feem exceeding ftrange) that 
| there is fome tran{miffion of Spirits, andthat the Spirit of the Teacher put 
‘Jinmotion, fhould work with the Spitits of the Learner, a predifpofition to 
| offer to imitate, and fo to perfect the imitation by degrees. Bur touchin 
| Operations by Trantmiflions of Spirits (which isone of the higheft (ecrets in 
‘| Nature) we fhall {peak in duc place, chiefly when we come to inquire of | 
|Amagination. But asfor Imitation, itis certain, That thereisin Mer, and | 
‘| other Creatures, a predi(pofition to imitate. Wefee how ready Apes aad | 
_| Monkies are to imitate ali motionsof Man: And in the catching of Dor- 
“| trels, we fee how thefoolifh Bird playeth the Ape in geftures: And no Man} 
bY jaa effet) doth accompany with others, but he learneth (cre he is aware) 
| fome Gefture, or Voice, or Fafhion of the other. 
Bt  InImitation of Sounds, that Man fhould be the Teacher, is no part of the 
‘| matter: For Birds willlearn onc of another, and there isno reward by feed- | 
| | ing, or the like, given them for the imitation: And befides, you fhall have 
arrets that will not onely imitate Voices, bur Laughing, Knocking, Squeak- 
jive of a Door upon the BRIBES: or of a Cart. wheel, and (in effect) any other 
oife they hear. 
No Beaft can imitate the Speech piMan, but Birds onely:” For the Ape 
& lic fel, that isfoready toimitate otherwife, attaineth not any degree of imi-, 
4 tation of Speech. Itistrue, that] have krowna Dog, that if onc howled 
# ee ear, he would fall a howling agreat while. Whar fhould bethe aptne(s 
| of Birds, incomparifon of Beafts, to imitate the Speech of Man, may be fur- 
Biber inquired. We fee that Beafts have thofe parts, which they count the 
be TV saftrumenss of Speech, (as Lips, Teeth, ee.) liker unto Manthan Birds. As for 
“|the Neck, by which the Throat pafleth, we {ce many Bealts have it for the 
|length, asmuchasBirds. ‘What better gorge or attire Birds have, may, be 
further inquired. The Birdsthat are knownto be {peakers, are Parrets, P P yes; 
| Fays, Daws; and Ravens : Of which, Parrets have an adunck Bill, but the 
j ceft nor. 
’ _. Burl conceive, thatthe aptnefs of Birds isnot fo much inthe confor. 
a nity of rhe Organs of Speech, asin theirAttention. For Specch muttcome |: 
joy Hearing and Learning ; and Birds give more heed, and mark Souids 
more 
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