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ries, than Spain, or any other of the internic- 

 diate countries ? 



"It is farther obfervable,that birds in their mi- 

 gration difcover wonderful order and polity : they 

 £y in troops, and fleer their courfe through huge 

 unknown regions without the compafs. —Add to 

 this, that the birds of palTage are all peculiarly 

 accommodated by the ftrufture of their parts for 

 long flights. 



" Whither thefe birds 'go, or where they have 

 their abode while abfent from us, is an inquiry I 

 can find little fatisfadion in.'* 



C H A P. 



