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cabin; and if, terrified by any extraordinary noise,
they flew out by one of the poop-windows, or by
a port-hole, they returned presently some other
way. Though of different species, they lived on
the best terms with each other; they hopped about
merrily on those terrible machines which hurl from
afar thunder and death ; nay, on a cannon was
placed their little portion of fresh water and their
crumb of bread ; this was likewise their place of
repose. Their confidence became complete: they
fluttered around a daily and somewhat noisy table
of twenty persons ; and these lovely guests cheered
with their warblings, and by their lively and grace-
ful movements, a habitation so dry and so mono-
tonous. On our approach to the coast of the isle
of Candia, our pretty and interesting navigators
were eager to take their flight thither, and with-
drew from us, regaling our ears with airy whist-
lings, the sweet accents expressive of their jcy,
perhaps of their gratitude. Charming birds ! you
forsook a mansion of dulness and insipidity to
which you communicated an appearance of life,
and you went to animate enchanting groves al-
ready embellished by all the bounties of indulgent
nature. May you long rentain there a testimony
pf your prosperous voyage, and there recollect, that
amidst the horror of tempest, and of biliou s in a
rage; that amongst men whom the necessity of
braving, night and day, dangers incessant, seemed
cabin; and if, terrified by any extraordinary noise,
they flew out by one of the poop-windows, or by
a port-hole, they returned presently some other
way. Though of different species, they lived on
the best terms with each other; they hopped about
merrily on those terrible machines which hurl from
afar thunder and death ; nay, on a cannon was
placed their little portion of fresh water and their
crumb of bread ; this was likewise their place of
repose. Their confidence became complete: they
fluttered around a daily and somewhat noisy table
of twenty persons ; and these lovely guests cheered
with their warblings, and by their lively and grace-
ful movements, a habitation so dry and so mono-
tonous. On our approach to the coast of the isle
of Candia, our pretty and interesting navigators
were eager to take their flight thither, and with-
drew from us, regaling our ears with airy whist-
lings, the sweet accents expressive of their jcy,
perhaps of their gratitude. Charming birds ! you
forsook a mansion of dulness and insipidity to
which you communicated an appearance of life,
and you went to animate enchanting groves al-
ready embellished by all the bounties of indulgent
nature. May you long rentain there a testimony
pf your prosperous voyage, and there recollect, that
amidst the horror of tempest, and of biliou s in a
rage; that amongst men whom the necessity of
braving, night and day, dangers incessant, seemed