PURPLE INDIAN CREEPER. 
topaz. How enchaoltng, could we view the 
birds themselves ! their plumage in all it's 
freshiicss; animated by the breath of life, em- 
bellished by all that dazzles in the magic of the 
prism; changing it's reflections, with each 
quick movement ; and darting new colours, 
or new flames. To study nature in her mi- 
nute, as ill her grand productions; we ought 
to contemplate her in the state of freedom, be- 
fore the hand of man has interfered ! 
*' There are," concludes BufFon, " many 
Soui-Mangas living with the Dutch bird- 
catchers ai the Cape of Good Hope. The 
onlv food offered, is sugared water: the Flies, 
which abound in that climate,, and torment 
Dutch cleanlincs:, supply the rest. These 
birds are alert in seizir^g them ; an^l none es- 
cape, that enter tlvir volery. Th;s additional 
food seems necessary t J their support: for they 
seen d>': on beard ships, ^v^-ere there arc 
fewer ir.sects. The Visco^:, : Qucrhoent, to 
whom we are indebted for these remarks, could 
never ke^n them alive above three weeks." 
