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 other French ilands; but the traffic was put a top to by the Legilature of Dominica, who, by an Act made for apprehending runaway negroes, prohibited the taking of thoe birds: as before that time, the runaways being numerous in the woods, furnihed great quantities of them, for which they had in return, from ome ill-dipoed white people, mukets, powder, and balls; which they made ue of in murdering the Englih inhabitants on the plantations.

The mountain whitler is of the ize of an Englih lark, and is remarkable only for its loud charming whitle, which reembles the human voice in the melodious notes; but which this bird varies in a mot atonihing manner.

The thruh is nearly the ize of that in England, and has much the ame kind of whitle