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B., who hold the deeds of the "property," walk through it to look at the timber, with an eye to dollars and cents. The botanist has his errand there, the zoölogist his, and the child his. So is it with everything; and with all the rest, so is it with the birds.
If you turn to the seventh book of "Paradise Lost," you will find there stated the hypothesis to which I refer, which is briefly this: That this visible universe of ours came into existence at no great distance of time from the present; and that the parts of which it is composed made their appearance, in a certain, definite order, in the space of six natural days, in such a manner that, on the first of these days, light appeared; that, on the second, the firmament, or sky, separated the waters above, from the waters beneath the firmament; that, on the third day, the waters drew away from the dry land, and upon it a varied vegetable life, similar to that which now exists, made its appearance; that the fourth day was signalized by the apparition of the sun, the stars, the moon, and the planets; that, on the fifth day, aquatic animals originated within the waters; that, on the sixth day, the earth gave rise to our four-footed terrestrial creatures, and to all varieties of terrestrial animals except birds, which had appeared on the preceding day; and, finally, that man appeared upon the earth, and the emergence of the universe from chaos was finished.
Why these unmated males and females remain single until they are needed is something that has never been explained. The theme of the courtship of birds is marvellously varied and comparatively little understood. Who would think that when our bald eagle, of national fame, seeks to win his mate, his ardour takes the form of an undignified galloping dance, round and round her from branch to branch!
There were no trees, to speak of; and no grass or anything but sea-weed and mosses; and no living things but fishes and oysters and such creatures?" "Where were the beasts then, and the birds?" "They were not made yet. That's the reason, I suppose, there was no grass for them to eat." Daisy looked down at the trilobite; and looked profoundly thoughtful.
Strangely beautiful those prawns are when you see them at home. And that one seems to do in the Great Aquarium; though, I suppose, it is much like seeing land beasts and birds in the Zoological Gardens a poor imitation of their free life in their natural condition.
"If you don't much mind, Julia," her uncle began, with almost pleading intonations, "I rather think I wouldn't feed those birds. The rule is there before our eyes, you know and it's always been my idea that if you're at a hotel it's the correct thing to abide by its rules. It's just an idea of mine and I daresay, if you think about it, you'll feel the same way."
Armour was not exactly sympathetic with her, she was quiet and forbearing, and General Armour, like Richard, tried to draw her out but not on the same subjects. He dwelt upon what she did; the walks she took in the park, those hours in the afternoon when, with Mackenzie or Colvin, she vanished into the beeches, making friends with the birds and deer and swans.
As he went clattering up the long avenue to the house, it seemed to him as though the birds of the air must have been at work; for there was his mother standing upon the steps to receive him, whilst Rachel was running towards him with flying feet. "O Tom, Tom, Tom! we knew it could be no one but you! O dearest Tom, so you have come home at last!"
"STOP! GO BACK!" screamed the young man. Above his warning there came a shriek, shrill and agonized a wail of such abysmal terror as to shock the night birds and the insects into stillness.
"You come to Germany, Miss Burns. There's where you hear birds," Frederick mimicked his friend's drawl. When the time came for him to sit up for a while, he refused. "I don't want to get out of bed. I feel too comfortable lying here," he declared.
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