OBSERVATIONS OTi 
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receiving a gratification from this fixth fenfe (as 
it hath been called by fome) require however 
the bell inftruflion. 
The orchelfra of the opera, which is confin- 
ed to the metropolis, hath diflufed a good fiyle 
of playing over the other bands of the capital, 
which is, by degrees, communicated to the 
fiddler and ballad-finger in the ftreets. The or- 
gans in every church, as well as thofe of the 
Savoyards, contribute likewife to this improve- 
ment of mufical faculties in the Londoners. 
If the finging of the ploughman in the coun- 
try is therefore compared with that of the 
London blackguard, the fiiperiority is infinite- 
ly on the fide of the latter ; and the fame may 
be obferved in comparing the voice of a coun- 
try girl and London houfe-maid, as it is very 
uncommon to hear the former ring tolerably in 
tune. 
I do not mean by this to aflert that the in- 
habitants of the country are not born with as 
good mufical organs ; but only, that they have 
not the fame opportunities of learning from 
others who play in tune themfelves. 
The other reafon for the inhabitants of Lon- 
don judging better in relation to the fong of 
birds, arifes from their hearing each bird fing 
diftinctly, either in their own or their neigh- 
bours fli ops ; as alfo from a bird continuing 
much longer in fong whilft in a cage than when 
