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ly among the lower animals, depends in a great 
meafure on the difference that exifts among 
them with regard to the perfection of dum 
fenfes, the Canary-Bird, whole organ of hear- 
ing is more attentive, more fufceptible of re- 
ceiving and retaining foreign impreffions, be- 
comes accordingly more focial, more tame, ano. 
more familiar : it is capable of gratitude anu 
even of attachment; its catches are endearing, 
its little humours are innocent, and its anger 
neither hurts nor offends. Its natural habits 
like wife attach it to us the more ; it eats feeds 
like our other domeftic birds ; it is more eaffiy 
bred than the Nightingale, which lives on deh- 
or on infects, and which' can be reared only 
with prepared food. Its education is more eafy 
and more fuccefsful ; we breed it with pleasure* 
becaufe we are able to inftrubt it : it leaves 
the melody of its natural note to hden to the 
harmony of our voices and inftruments ; it ap- 
plauds, it accompanies us, and repays the plea- 
fure it receives with intereft. The Nightingale, 
more proud of its talent, feems willing to pr>_- 
Ibrve it m all its purity; at lead, it appears \ery 
little to value ours ; and it is with the greatefc 
difficulty it can be taught to repeat any of our 
airs. The Canary can fpeak and whiffle; the 
Nightingale defpifes our words as well as our 
fong, and never fails to return to the warbling 
gf its own wood-notes wild. Its pipe is a ra-ader- 
