. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. wa\I)KII[nt;s in south amkhica. 99 0 like the daybreak town-clock ; and tlio AVrcn and tlio Thrush will join with thee in thy nuitin hymn to thy Creator, to thank Him ibr thy night's rest. At noon thy (Jenius will lead thee to the Troely, one leaf of which will defend thee from l>oth sun and rain. And if, in the cool of the eveninj:,
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States and the Antilles in the years 1812, 1816, 1820 & 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, etc. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. wa\I)KII[nt;s in south amkhica. 99 0 like the daybreak town-clock ; and tlio AVrcn and tlio Thrush will join with thee in thy nuitin hymn to thy Creator, to thank Him ibr thy night's rest. At noon thy (Jenius will lead thee to the Troely, one leaf of which will defend thee from l>oth sun and rain. And if, in the cool of the eveninj:, thou hast been tempted to stray too far from thy place of iibode, and art deprived f li^dit to write down the information thou hast colh^cted, the Firetly, which thou wilt sw in almost every bush around thee, will be thy candle. Hold it over thy jmcket- liook, in any position which thou knowest will not hurt it, and it will afford thee ample light. And when tiiou hast (lone with it, put it kindly back again on the next branch to thee. It will want no other reward for its services. When in thy hammock, should the thought of thy little crosses and disappointments, in thy ups and downs through life, break in upon thee, and throw thee; into a pensive mood, the Owl will bear thee company. She will tell thee that hard has been her fate too ; and at intervals, " Whip- poor-Will," and " AVilly come go," will take up the tale of sorrow. Ovid has told thee how the owl once boasted the human form, and lost it for a very small oflence ; and were the poet alive now, he would inform thee, that " Whip- poor-Will," and " Willy come go," are the shades of those poor African and Indian slaves, who died worn out and brokenhearted. They wail and cry, "\Vhi|)-poor-Will," and " Willy come go," all night long; and often, when the moon shines, you see them sitting on the green turf, near the houses of those whose ancestors tore them from the
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