. The bird . M-S-St—^. TRIUMPH OF THE WING. THE FRIGATE BIRD Let us not attempt to particularize all theintermediate gi-adations. Let us proceed to j^ondersnow-white bird, which I perceive floating on highamong the clouds; the bird which one sees eveiy where■—on the water, on land, on rocks alternately concealedand exposed by the waves ; the bird which one lovesto watch, familiar as it is, and greedy, and whichmight well be named the little vulture of the seas,I speak of those myriads of petrels, or gulls, withwhose hoarse cries every waste resounds. Find me, ifyou can, creatures endowed with
. The bird . M-S-St—^. TRIUMPH OF THE WING. THE FRIGATE BIRD Let us not attempt to particularize all theintermediate gi-adations. Let us proceed to j^ondersnow-white bird, which I perceive floating on highamong the clouds; the bird which one sees eveiy where■—on the water, on land, on rocks alternately concealedand exposed by the waves ; the bird which one lovesto watch, familiar as it is, and greedy, and whichmight well be named the little vulture of the seas,I speak of those myriads of petrels, or gulls, withwhose hoarse cries every waste resounds. Find me, ifyou can, creatures endowed with fuller liberty. Dayand night, south or north, sea or shore, dead prey orliving, all is one to them. Using everything, at home everywhere,they indifferently display their white sails from the waves to theheaven; the fresh breeze, ever shifting and changing, is the boun-teous wind which always blows in the direction they most desire. 102 TRIUMPH OF THE WING. Wliat are they but air, sea, the elements, which have taken
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