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of rock ; it feeds on the roots of various kinds of fern^ and 
also on the outer covering of the New Zealand flax [Fhor- 
mium tenax). 
The matter-of-fact man, as well as the poet, knows well 
that— 
" The deep affections of the breast 
That Heaven to living things imparts. 
Are not exclusively possess' d 
By human hearts/' 
Many instances could be given of this ; volumes of anec- 
dotes about dogs, cats, ponies, horses, thrushes, pet cana- 
ries, and poll-parrots have been published, and supplements 
without number might be given and will yet perhaps be 
given. We could tell anecdotes of various parrots, but 
prefer the following incident, so strongly illustrating the 
powder of memory and association, in the lower animals/^ 
The poet Campbell assures us it is not a fiction : he heard 
the circumstance in the island of Mull, from the family to 
whom the bird belonged : — 
" A parrot, from the Spanish main, 
Full young, and early caged, came o'er, 
With bright wings, to the bleak domain 
Of Mulla's shore. 
