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This response so enraged the visitor, that he dropped 

 the knocker, and rung furiously at the house bell ; 

 but this proceeding brought the gray Parrot, who 

 called out in a new voice, " Go to the gate." — " To 

 the gate ! " muttered the appellant, who saw no such 

 convenience, and moreover imagined that the ser- 

 vants were bantering him. " What gate?" cried 

 he, getting out into the kennel, that he might have 

 the advantage of seeing his interlocutor. " New- 

 gate," responded the gray Parrot — just at the 

 moment when his species was discovered. 



Some years since, a Parrot in Boston, America, 

 that had been taught to whistle, in the manner of 

 calling a dog, was sitting in his cage, at the door 

 of a shop. As he was exercising himself in this 

 kind of whistle, a large dog happened to be pass- 

 ing the spot. The animal, imagining that he 

 heard the call of his master, turned suddenly 

 about, and ran towards the cage of the Parrot. 

 At this critical moment, the bird exclaimed, 

 vehemently, " Get out, you brute ! " The astonished 

 dog hastily retreated, leaving the Parrot to enjoy 

 the joke. 



A gentleman who resided at Gosport, in Hamp- 

 shire, and had frequent business across the water 

 to Portsmouth, was astonished one day, on going 

 to the beach to look for a boat, and finding none, 

 to hear the words, distinctly repeated, " Over, 

 master? Going over?" (which is the manner that 

 watermen are in the habit of accosting people, 

 when they are waiting for passengers.) The cry 

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