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displayed under our feet, when we were surrounded by a
flock of sheep, which were leaving their fold to go to pasture.
One of our party, who was no bad performer on the flute,
and who always carried the instrument with him, took it out
of his pocket. ‘I am going,’ said he, ‘to turn Corydon;
let us see whether Virgil’s sheep will recognise their pastor.’
He began to play. The sheep and goats, which were follow-
ing one another towards the mountain with their heads
hanging down, raised them at the first sound of the flute,
and all, with a general and hasty movement, turned to the
side from whence the agreeable noise proceeded. They grad-
vally flocked round the musician, and listened with motionless
attention. He ceased playing, and the sheep did not stir.
The shepherd with his staff now obliged them to move on;
but no sooner did the fluter begin again than his innocent
auditors again returned tohim. The shepherd, out of patience,
pelted them with clods of earth; but not one of them would
move. The fiuter played with additional skill; the shepherd
fell into a passion, whistled, scolded, and pelted the poor
creatures with stones. Such as were hit by them began to
march, but the others still refused to stir. At last the shep-
herd was forced to entreat our Orpheus to stop his magic
sounds; the sheep then moved off, but continued to stop at
a distance as often as our friend resumed the agreeable
instrument. As music was our continual employment, we
were delighted with our adventure; we reasoned upon it the
whole day, and concluded that physical pleasure is the basis
of all interest in music.”
ORDER VitI. Of the elephant there is now but one genus
fhe Hlephant. and two species; respectively the Indian and
the African varieties. At least fourteen species are known to
be extinct.

The elephant is the largest of the quadrupeds; his height
is from eight to fourteen feet; hie length is ten to fifteen
feet. His form resembles that of a hog; his eyes are small