. The bird . Page 228. The ivoodpecker, as an augur.—Are the methodsof observation adopted by meteorology serious and efficacious ? Somemen of science doubt it. It might, perhaps, be worth while examiningif we could not deduce any part of the meteorology of the ancientsfrom their divination by birds. The principal passages are pointedout in Paulys Encyclopaedia (Stuttgard), article Divinatio. The woodpecker is a favoured bird in the steppes of Poland andRussia. In these sparsely wooded plains he constantly directs hiscourse towards the trees; by following him, you discover a hiddenravine, a li
. The bird . Page 228. The ivoodpecker, as an augur.—Are the methodsof observation adopted by meteorology serious and efficacious ? Somemen of science doubt it. It might, perhaps, be worth while examiningif we could not deduce any part of the meteorology of the ancientsfrom their divination by birds. The principal passages are pointedout in Paulys Encyclopaedia (Stuttgard), article Divinatio. The woodpecker is a favoured bird in the steppes of Poland andRussia. In these sparsely wooded plains he constantly directs hiscourse towards the trees; by following him, you discover a hiddenravine, a little later some springs, and finally descend towards theriver. Under the birds guidance you may thus explore and recon-noitre the country. (Mickiewicz, Les Slaves, vol. i., p. 200.). Page 235. Soiig.—Do not separate what God has joined you place a bird in a cage beside you, his song quickly fatiguesyou with its sonorous timbre and its monotony. But in the grandconcert of Nature, that bird would supply his note, and complete theharmony. This powerful voice would subdue itself to the modulationsof the air; soft and tender it would glide, borne upon the breeze. ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES. 833 And then, in the deep woody depths, the singer incessantly movesfrom place to place, now drawing near, and now receding; hence arisethose distant effects which induce a dehghtful reverie, and that delicatecadence which thrills the heart. Under our roof his song would be ever the same ; but on thepinions of the wind the music is divine, it penetrates and ravishesthe soul.
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