IVOHY-BILLEB WOODPECKER. 
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^■Bd mv Ijabv. The man looked blank and foolish, 
'^'lile tlie others stared with still ^-eater “^omshment. 
■^fter diverting myself for a minute or two at their 
^S-pense I drew my woodpecker from under the cover, 
'x'd a general laugh took place. 1 took him s 
*"d locked him up in my room, while 1 went to see 
>«y horse taken care ot. In less than an hour i 
^-turned, and, on opening the door, he set up the same 
distressing shout, which now appeared to proceed from 
gfief that ho had been disoovred in his attempts at 
"scape. He had luouuted along the side of the window 
"tarlv as hi'di .as the ceiling, a little below which he 
»>ad heiruii to break through. The bed was covW 
'Wth larne pieces of plaster; the la h was exposed tor 
^Ueast ttftccn mchea sqiiaro, imd a hole, lai^e eiiou*^ i 
to admit the list, opened to the ''^'l^ter-hoards ; so^^h^^ 
*0 less than another hour he vioiild ccit.uuiy nave 
^aco::^ in making his vvay through^^ I imw tied 
B strinu- round his leg, and, tasteniug it t® the tahl^ 
ogain left him. I wished to preserve his life, ‘ 01 “' had 
Sone off in search of suitable lood tor I lira. As 
i-«aseeuded the stairs, 1 heard him again hard at work, 
fid oil entering had the morfilication to l'«i- 0 ‘‘i;;‘; ‘hat 
'll had almost entirely ruined thf .nm lOftiW-V +««« tu 
f'dch he was fastmied, and on which he i' 
whole vengeance. While oiihOMiC'' in ta* ^ 
dravvimr he cut me severely lu several places, .iml, on 
ttie whole displayed sncii a noble and uncoiiqiieiahle 
native woods. He lived '''•tli me y®s 
^ays, hut refused all sustenaiice, and I viitne.sea Im 
'^^Tlm 'wind of tti'i li'i'-' 1® Si-oat esteem 
amoinv the southern Indians, who we.w them by way 
Of amide or charm, as well as ornainent; and, it is said, 
'"sposrorthem to the uortheni tribes at considerable 
ki-ices. All 1 dial, believes that the head, skin, or oven 
feathers of certain birds, confer on the iveurcr all the 
O’irtues or excellencies of those birds. Thus I have 
