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 perched upon some out-of-the-way branch, or up in a corner, which sang sweetly, and seemed to excite the efforts of others, and to call forth many notes of praise and thanksgiving from them. On listening very closely, I found these birds could talk, and that they were singing praises to him who had taken so much care of them, kept them from injury, and supplied all their wants. They differed from the other birds in this: they had no chain of thread fastened to their feet, but were at liberty to ramble wherever they fancied, though I soon saw that if they wished to be safe, they must keep near the aviary,