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', 98 codile, &c.; these have feet, and flat naked, ears, with ೧೫ ricles, or external ears. 2nd, Serpents, including kinds of snakes ; these have no feet, and their eggs الله are connected in a chain. r. DIALOGUE VII. . Of Birds. ... Pup. W iii yon now be so kind as to speak of the feathen ed ribe ? I am delighted with the sweet moles of birds. - o * -Tut. To enjoy this pleasure undisturbed, you must rise early in the morning. . . . . Pup. . i have beei taught to rise early to prcserve my health; and i find it contribute both to my pleasure, as well as hearth. o Tut. I hope then you will always rise early : an early hour is the best also for reading, for meditation. and study. Pup. I will endeavour to do so; but please now to inform me how birds are distinguished. *-Tut. By laying eggs, by being generally covered with feathers, and by having wings instead of hands or fồre legs. . '• , Pup. lnto how many arders are they divided, and from what are they chiefly characterized * , , : , Twt. They are divided into six orders, and the divisions chiefly depend on the form of the bill. - 1st. The rapacious kind, that have hooked bills, as eigles, vultures, hawks, &c. - '. 2nd. The pie kind, whose bill is convex and cămpressed, as erows, jackdaws, and parrots. . . . . * *