. The bird. Birds. THE WING. 85 i^'kr. unites with him so perfectly tliat the martinet, the frigate-bird, sweeps along at tlie rate of eighty leagues an hour, five or six times swifter than our most rapid railway trains, outstripping the hurricane, and with no rival but the liglitning. But even if our poor imitators had exactly imitated the wing, no- thing would have been accomplished. They, then, had copied the form, but not the internal ctructure. They thought that the bird's power of ascension lay in its flight alone, forgetting the secret auxiliary which nature conceals in the plumage and
. The bird. Birds. THE WING. 85 i^'kr. unites with him so perfectly tliat the martinet, the frigate-bird, sweeps along at tlie rate of eighty leagues an hour, five or six times swifter than our most rapid railway trains, outstripping the hurricane, and with no rival but the liglitning. But even if our poor imitators had exactly imitated the wing, no- thing would have been accomplished. They, then, had copied the form, but not the internal ctructure. They thought that the bird's power of ascension lay in its flight alone, forgetting the secret auxiliary which nature conceals in the plumage and the bones. The mystery, the true marvel lies in the faculty with which she endows the bird, of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874; Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904. London ; New York : T. Nelson
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