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The following are Dr. Franklin's humorous remarks, as contained in one of his letters, concerning the bird which was chosen for the

 Others object to the Bald Eagle, Says he, 4 as looking too much like Dindon or Fur key. For my own part, wish the Eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country; he is bird ofa bad moral character :: he does not get his living honestly; you may have seen him perched on some dead tree :: where. too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor Of the Fishing Hawk; and when that dlligent bird has at length taken fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the Bald Eagle pur- sues and takes it from. With all this injustice he is never in good case; but like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Be- sides, he is a rank coward; the little King olrd: not bigger than sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is' therefore, by no means proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of Amer