Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-03-25
From The st. Mary'a (Mdl Beacon.
At what Hour do Birds Awake

ney through this world, YOU enluy tie mer- {
nv note which the bird of God filings ont
npon the air aud ask no more.
Can you, intrepid hunters, who, at early
dawn, taking fusll and pouch, start off in
pursuit of game which is up aud away be-
fore YOU ? No for at the hour when your
loot ireads the plain, the lark is already
chanting, above your head, ats daily matin
song.
Can you, INDECENT lady Ola no; for
if your lips modulate nocturnal melody
beneath the shady avenues of The park, by
the soft moonlight, the nightingale alone
replies aud besides, what imports to YOU
the hour Ia which the concert commences
DO you not at your awakening hear It's full
harmony
Well what YOU early traveller, You,
modern Nlmrod, YOU, beautiful chateiamc,
have left undone, has been accomplished
by an academician, who has Just informed
lhe academy at what hour birds awake. aud
at what hour they commence their songs.
Tins academician is NJ. bureau de Ia
Male. For thirty years past he has been
90 the habit, spring aud summer. OF retir-
my st seven O'Clock ln the evening. and rls-
ing 1T midnight Many would call tins a
singular eccen,ricy / would Say that Tins
Is The way to acquire knowledge
VI Dureau de ia Male, rising at mid-
night, has evidently had an opportunity To-
anticipate the rising Of The brl who n-
habit hos garden. ought go add that he
had previously provided hmse., With tho
mems of discovering the secrets OF ,helr
iltic households The largest hospitality,
the most attractive cares. bad lmtHauz-d
the widest birds; SO THAI Dee could with im-
puuiiy ,isit them ia their nests, touch their
eggs aud Tie little ones, and the birds, ON
their part, returned his visits touching
reciprocity Which opened To one science ln
prospective; and lolhe others, the 90 rs OF
the cupboard Finally, and lhs last iea-
lure has perfected their uniou, NJ de la
Male has. To protect the families Of The
5iri, who come 90 ask has hospitality, ar
ranged an apparatus against the attacks of
cats, who, in the preceding years, had
made great carnage in their nests. So the
academiclau has been able, bY visiting the
nests 90 determine the causes ot the early
or late awakening of each species
We will mention the ordinary hours of
awakening of the most common. 'rhc-y
hours, from The first of MAY 10 the sixth OF
July, the period during which the expert
ment took place, were
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