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No sooner had the ventriloquist pèrformed this part of his office, than by his further aid, connected with the mechanical apparatus, birds of the most beautiful plumage hovered around the bower, and immediately commenced their matin song. What a concert! said Amelia. How the sweet warblers, with their varied notes, unite to swell the chorus! The soaring lark -the distant thrush-the domestic robin, severally assist in producing such charming harmony, that while it delights the ear, affects the heart. Sir, is there a bird of paradise in the garden?

D.-You will see one a small dis

tance on the left, just beyond the arbour; you may distinguish it from others by the shining green and gold upon its head, the pale yellow upon the lower part of its back, and especially by two long feathers in its tail; their shaft is of a deep black, tipped with feathers similar to those upon the head.

Amelia.-Thank you, Sir; I see it now; it is exactly like one I saw in the Museum.

Harriot.-Sister, look at the elephant! See how he swings his proboscis-flaps his large ears-bows his sagacious head, and pads his enormous feet, as if paying his respects to Eve, and dancing to the surrounding music.

Look at those pretty doves perched

on the top of the bower, and observe the peacock displaying his beauteous plumage just before Eve, who rests her delicate hand on the majestic lion.

I was looking at it, said Amelia, but I cannot help particularly noticing that Adam seems wholly engrossed with admiring his Queen; for I suppose I must thus designate the lady. How happy they appear.

D. They really were so, for the Creator had pronounced them good, and consequently happy. Well might the Poet thus describe their state of innocence:

"Thrice happy men!

And sons of men! whom God hath thus advanc'd,

Created in his image, there to dwell

And worship him; and in reward to rule
Over his works, on earth, in sea, or air ;
And multiply a race of worshippers

Holy and just: thrice happy if they know - Their happiness, and persevere upright!”

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Mr. Davenport having again adjusted the instrument, requested the ladies to make their observations.

What an alteration have you produced! said Mrs. Neville, as she looked into the Camera.

Amelia.-I think it is the same scene, Mamma, only it is now very cloudy.

Mrs. Neville.-Cloudy, my love! such a dismal sombre hue pervades the whole, that I can scarcely distinguish the respective objects, and those

I do perceive awaken a painful thought. Fruits withered-flowers faded-birds

silent, and even the animals look dif

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ferent to what they did. A sad change, Sir!

Harriot.-Mamma! a hawk has just pounced upon one of those pretty doves which we saw on the bour. Oh, how cruel! Look at the leopard, said Amelia, seizing the goat; see how he rends it! In the former scene all was harmonious and happy; in this, all discord and savage cruelty. Have Adam and Eve begun to differ? Do they participate in the general effect?

D.-They have been the cause of that effect which this scene is intended to represent. They have broken God's

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