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lending to the vernal breeze a slight portion of 
perfume of their clustered flowers ; where a gen’ 8 
warmth seldom forsakes the atmosphere ; where berri® 
and fruits of all descriptions are met with at eve'/ 
step ; in a word, kind reader, it is where nature see Il ' s 
to have paused, as she passed over the earth, 
opening her stores, to have strewed with unsp;u'i»| 
hand the diversified seeds from which have sprung 8 
the beautiful and splendid forms which I should in va l ” 
attempt to describe, that the mocking-bird should b«f 
fixed its abode — there only that its wondrous sd 1 ? 
should be heard. 
“ But where is that favoured land ? — It is in that g reli t 
continent to whose distant shores Europe has s c ” 
forth her adventurous sons, to wrest for themselY eS jj 
habitation from the wild inhabitants of the forest, * n 
to couvert the neglected soil into fields of exuber*” 
fertility. It is, reader, in Louisiana that these hount' c “ 
of nature are in the greatest perfection. It is tlj e ^ 
that you should listen to the love song of the mockin^ 
bird, as I at this moment do. See how he Hies row'* | 
his mate, with motions as light as those of the butterfly. 
Ilis tail is widely expanded, he mounts in the air to 
small distance, describes a circle, and, again alighthV 
approaches his beloved one, his eyes gleaming "'l t . 
delight, for she has already promised to be bis and b 1 ^ 
only. His beautiful wings are gently raised, he bon 
to his love, and, again bouncing upwards, opens n’j 
bill, and pours forth his melody, full of exultation 8 
the conquest which he has made. . . 
“ They are not the soft sounds of the flute or of th 
hautboy that I hear, hut the sweeter notes of Natup e , 
own music. The mellowness of the song, the va rIf 
modulations and gradations, the extent of its comp*^ 
the great brilliancy of execution, are unrivalled. The'^ 
is probably no bird in the world that possesses all 
musical qualifications of this king of song, who n 
derived all from Nature’s self. Yes, reader, all ! _ j 
“ No sooner has he again alighted, and the conj ll r . 
contract has been sealed, than, as if liis breast "< 
