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mother, who, forgetting her natural timidity, followed the ſpoiler; and her intelligible tones of anguiſh reached the ears of the children, whoſe hearts now firſt felt the emotions of humanity. Caroline called him, and taking ſixpence out of her little purſe, offered to give it to him for the neſt, if he would ſhew her where he had taken it from. The boy conſented, and away ran Caroline to replace it,—crying all the way, how delighted the old bird will be to find her brood again. The pleaſure that the parent-bird would feel was talked of till they came to a large common, and heard fome young aſſes, at the door of an hovel, making a most dreadful noiſe. Nrs. Maſon had ordered the old ones to be confned, leſt the young ſhould ſuck before the neceſſary quantity had been ſaved for ſome ſick people in her neighbourhood. But after they had giventhe uſual quantity of milk, the thoughtleſs boy had left them ſtill in confinement, and the young in vain implored the food nature deſigned for their particular ſupport. Open the hatch, ſaid Mrs. Maſon, the mothers