In the common fowl,
this horny appendage falls off in a day or two after the chick is hatched;
in the pigeon it sometimes remains on the beak ten or twelve days; this
arises, doubtless, from the young pigeons being fed by the parent bird
for some time after their being hatched; and thus there is no occasion
for the young using the beak for picking up its food.--_Ibid_.
* * * * *
MAN.--A FRAGMENT.
Man is a monster,
The fool of passion and the slave of sin.
No laws can curb him when the will consents
To an unlawful deed.
CYMBELINE.
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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS
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THE CHOSEN ONE.
"Here's a long line of beauties--see!
Ay, and as varied as they're many--
Say, can I guess the one would be
Your choice among them all--if any?"
"I doubt it,--for I hold as dust
Charms many praise beyond all measure--
While gems they treat as lightly, _must_
Combine to form my chosen treasure.
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