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BEWICK. 
The dull insipid truth " says Bewick is very different 
from such amiahle affecting fables, for the voice of the 
swan singly, is shrill, piercing and harsh, not unlike the 
sound of a clarionet when blown by a novice in music. It 
is, however, asserted by those who have heard the united 
and various voices of a numerous assemblage of them, that 
they produce a more harmonious effect, particularly when 
softened by the murmur of the waters." 
HEAD OF THE HOOPEE. 
