OF BIRDS. 
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that one night as the gentleman lay awake at are 
inn in Ratifbon, he heard two Nightingales in 
cages, converfing together about the politics of 
Europe, that they repeated the converfation at 
night which they heard in the day, and kept up 
a long and interefting dialogue, on a variety of 
fubjedts. 
Nightingales in time, attach themfelvcs to thofc 
who have the cafe of them ; one that was given 
to a gentleman, no longer feeing the lady that 
was ufed to feed it, grew fullen, refufed to eat, 
and was foon reduced to that ftate of weakncfs, 
that he could no longer fupport himfelf on his 
perch ; but having been reftored to his former 
miftrefs, his animation revived, he eat, drank, 
returned to his perch, and was well in twenty- 
four hours. 
They have been known to refufe the liberty 
that has been offered them, and when they have 
been turned out of their cage, in the woods, they 
have returned again. 
When once they are attached, they diflinguifh 
the ftep of the perfons ufed to feed them, flutter 
at their approach, and even when moulting 
make fome attempts to fing, and fupply that de¬ 
tect by every expreflion of joy. 
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