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 variety of Water Fowl, on the sea-shore, has been but Second 



Journey. 



barely hmted at. 



There, and on the borders and surface of the mland 

 waters, m the marshes and creeks, besides the flamingos, 

 scarlet curlews, and spoonbills, already mentioned, will be 

 found ; greenish-browni curlews, sandpipers, rails, coots, 

 gulls, pelicans, Jabirus, Nandapoas, crabiers, snipes, 

 plovers, ducks, geese, cranes, and Anhingas ; most of 

 them in vast abundance ; some frequenting only the 

 sea-coast, others only the interior, according to their 

 different natures ; all worthy the attention of the natu- 

 ralist, all worthy of a place in the cabinet of the curious. 



Should thy comprehensive genius not confine itself to 

 birds alone, grand is the appearance of other objects all 

 around. Thou art in a land rich in botany and miner- 

 alogy, rich in zoology and entomology. Animation will 

 glow in thy looks, and exercise will brace thy frame in 

 vigour. The very time of thy absence from the tables of 

 heterogeneous luxury will be profitable to thy stomach, 

 perhaps already sorely drenched with Londo-Parisian 

 sauces, and a new stock of health will bring thee an 

 appetite to relish the wholesome food of the chase. 

 Never-failing sleep will wait on thee at the time she 

 comes to soothe the rest of animated nature ; and, ere the 

 sun's rays appear in the horizon, thou wilt spring from 

 thy hannnock fresh as the April lark. Be convinced 

 also, that the dangers and difficulties which are generally 



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