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The sounds, too, that here saluted our ears had a soothing effect; the melancholy "coowhoo-a" of the swamp-owl the creaking chirp of the tree-crickets and cicadas the solemn "tong-tong" of the bell-frog the hoarse trumpet-note of the greater batrachian and high overhead the wild treble of the bull-bat, all mingled together in a concert, that, however disagreeable under other circumstances, now fell upon my ears like music, and even imparted a kind of sad pleasure to my soul.
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