Garden Amusements for Improving the Minds of Little Children
Garden Amusements for Improving the Minds of Little Children
Alexander Anderson
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" Their skill in placing their litlle habitations ; the materials which they get together for the purpose ; the cu- GARDEN AMUSEMENTS. 31 lions construction ; the rough out- side, so opposed to the soft lining within ; and the method which is sometimes observed, to place them on such parts of the twigs or trees, as shall keep them out of the reach of animals that might destroy them. - These prove the instinct of birds to be very great, and at the same time shew the great kindness of their Ma- k...er, in furnishing them with such a principle. If we could see that little nest in all its parts, we should behold the most inimitable art displayed in placing together a parcel of rude, ug- ly sticks and straws, and moss and dirt, by which that little untaught creature hath formed it into what it is. And then, its inward part is equally curi 32 GARDEN AMUSEMENTS. ous. You would find hair or feath- ers, or wool so placed within, as to line every part of it ; by way of guarding the tender bodies of them- selves and young, and keeping them warm.
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