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A Hundred Miles in Ten Days

           Where,then,werethepopinjayswithgreenplumage,almostalloriginallyfromthesecountries,thearas,withnakedcheeks,withlongpointedtails,withglitteringcolors,whosepawsneverrestontheearth,andthe"camindes,"whicharemorepeculiartotropicalcountries,andthemany-coloredshe-parrots,withfeatheredfaces,andfinallyallthoseprattlingbirdswhich,accordingtotheIndians,stillspeakthelanguageofextincttribes?

           Ofparrots,littleJackonlysawash-grayjakos,withredtails,whichaboundedunderthetrees.Butthesejakoswerenotnewtohim.Theyhavetransportedthemintoallpartsoftheworld.Onthetwocontinentstheyfillthehouseswiththeirinsupportablechattering,and,ofallthefamilyofthe"psittacius,"theyaretheoneswhichlearntospeakmosteasily.

           Itmustbesaid,besides,thatifJackwasnotcontented,CousinBenedictwasnomoreso.Hehadbeenallowedtowanderalittletotherightortotheleftduringthemarch.However,hehadnotfoundanyinsectwhichwasfittoenrichhiscollection.Eventhe"pyrophores"obstinatelyrefusedtoshowthemselvestohim,andattracthimbythephosphorescencesoftheircorselet.Natureseemedtrulytomocktheunhappyentomologist,whosetemperwasbecomingcross.

           Forfourdaysmorethemarchtowardthenortheastwascontinuedinthesameway.Onthe16thofAprilthedistancetraversedfromthecoastcouldnotbeestimatedatlessthanonehundredmiles.

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