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           Then,withoutcircumlocutionorapology,firstpronouncingtheword"Standish,"andplacingtheunknownengine,alreadydescribed,tohismouth,fromwhichhedrewahigh,shrillsound,thatwasfollowedbyanoctavebelow,fromhisownvoice,hecommencedsingingthefollowingwords,infull,sweet,andmelodioustones,thatsetthemusic,thepoetry,andeventheuneasymotionofhisill-trainedbeastatdefiance:—

           "Howgooditis,Osee,

           Andhowitpleasethwell,

           Together,e’eninunity,

           Forbrethrensotodwell.

           It’slikethechoiceointment,

           Fromtheheadtothebearddidgo:

           DownAaron’sbeard,thatdownwardwent,

           Hisgarment’sskirtsunto."

           Thedeliveryoftheseskilfulrhymeswasaccompanied,onthepartofthestranger,byaregularriseandfallofhisrighthand,whichterminatedatthedescent,bysufferingthefingerstodwellamomentontheleavesofthelittlevolume;andontheascent,bysuchaflourishofthememberasnonebuttheinitiatedmayeverhopetoimitate.Itwouldseemthatlongpracticehadrenderedthismanualaccompanimentnecessary;foritdidnotceaseuntiltheprepositionwhichthepoethadselectedforthecloseofhisverse,hadbeendulydeliveredlikeawordoftwosyllables.

           Suchaninnovationonthesilenceandretirementoftheforestcouldnotfailtoenlisttheearsofthosewhojourneyedatsoshortadistanceinadvance.TheIndianmutteredafewwordsinbrokenEnglishtoHeyward,who,inhisturn,spoketothestranger;atonceinterrupting,and,forthetime,closinghismusicalefforts.