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104 Tut. ' True. But to break their food suiall, they have beaks, which are very long in those that fish under water, shorter in those that must peel seeds, and hard as iron in those of a stronger contexture. Pup. Do they not souetimes perish for want of food Tut, I believe not for want of food, unless in some extraordinary cases. And what is worthy of your notice here is, that those birds, which lay not up any store for winter, are alw ay s reasonably provided for ; not even the sparrows are forgotten by God. Those birds which find not their proper food in one country fly to another. These we call birds of passage, such as the stork, the crane, the swallow, the woodcock, the turtle, and some others, which leave their own country at stated periods, to go to more favourable climates, and return again on the change of the season. Pup. Tliat is truly amazing ! iJcw cam they fiud their way oyer diferent kingdoms and seas? Tut. They have that knowledge, which we call instinet, by which they know the proper way at their departure. “The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed time; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their ‘coming.” t