CONTENTS.
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Part I. Indian Sketches.
I. | 17 |
“When God set about creation, He first planted a garden.”
Nugæ Orielanæ.
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The Birds |
17 |
“Euel. — But of what sort, pray, is this life among the birds? for you know it accurately. |
Hoopoe. — Not an unpleasant one to pass; where, in the first place, we must live without a purse. |
Euel. — You have removed much of life’s base metal. |
Hoopoe. — And we feed in gardens upon the white sesame
and myrtle-berries and poppies and mint.”
Aristophanes (Hickie’s).
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Of Hens |
20 |
“Tame, villatic fowl.” — Milton. |
“The feathered tribe domestic.” — Cowper. |
“The careful hen.” — Thomson. |
“The dâk-bungalow fowls develop the bones of vultures and lay the eggs of finches.” — Nugæ Orielanæ. |