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over pathlefs waftes and tracklefs oceans? Or who is 
‘it that guides them to thofe countries, where they 
_reftand recruit themfelves after their long journies, fo 
“as to be enabled to reach theirdeftined fojournment? 
As thefe queftions can only be referred to the wifdom 
of the great Creator of the univerfe, we cannot avoid 
learning from them this leffon of humility atleaft; that, 
whatever may be the boaft of human reafon, it van- 
ifhes, when compared with this wonderful inftinét of 
the emigrative power in birds. 
‘Crassés.....According to Linnzus, birds are di- 
vided into fix claffes, in the following order: 
IT. THE RAPACIOUS KIND.....Which are carnivo- 
rous, and live by preying on others, or eating the flefh 
of dead animals. ‘They are diftinguifhed by the beak, 
which is ‘ftrong, hooked and notched at the point; by 
their fhort mufcular legs, ftrong toes, and crooked 
talons; by their firength of body, impurity of flefh, 
nature of food, and ferocious cruelty. - 
+ Il. Tue PIE KIND..... Which are diftinguifhed by 
their mifcellaneous food, and their females being fed 
by the males in breeding time. 
Ii?. THE POULTRY KIND.....Which aré diftin- 
guifhed by their fat mufcular bodies, and pure white 
ficfh. Strangers to any attachment, unlike other birds, 
they are promifcuous in the choice of their mates. 
IV. THE SPARROW KIND.....Which moftly com- 
pofe the vocal and beautiful. Some live on feed, 
‘others on infects. While rearing, they are remarka- 
ble fond and faithful. bi 
mV. Tae DUCK KIND....: Are diftinguifhed by their 
- bills, which ferve themas {trainers for their food; and 
by their feet, which, being webbed, enable them to 
{wim in the waters, where they chiefly refide. 
|. VI. THe cRANe KIND.....Are diftinguiihed by 
their long and penetrating bills, which enable them 
to fearchtor food at the bottom of waters, near which 
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