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Transcription
(Morse's Mill)
and the thought of its being an
Ongel did not seem to me
as I had never heard Their song
Just across the brooks was a
stick rock wall and the
sound reflected from it mingled
with the purting of the brook
was deliciously sweet all
the more so as it was a very
pleasant afternoon.
The shot songs were rivaled and
repeated with short pauses
between and sounded at first
as if They were imitations but
I soon came to the conclusion
that they were original.
They were so low that they
were not audible more than
a couple hundred yards at
most. The shot worried
the bird in the meek