http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f140-date%3D1798%3A%3A07%3A%3A28 Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f140-date=1798::07::28 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1798-07394.xml HAVING thus disposed of the doctrines of some of his predecessors, Dr. Barton proceeds to say: “The result of not a little attention to the subject has taught me, that there is but one wonder in the business;— the wonder that the story should ever have been believed by a man of understanding, and of observation.” —Fascination, we are informed, is almost entirely limited to birds that build low, and “in almost every instance, I found that the supposed fascinating faculty of the serpent was exerted upon the birds at the particu- lar season of their laying their eggs, of their hatching, or of their rearing their young, still tender, and defence- less. I now began to suspect, that the cries and fears of birds supposed to be fascinated originated in an en- deavour to protect their nest or young. My enquiries have convinced me that this is the case.” http://brockdenbrown.cah.ucf.edu/xtf3/view?docId=1798-07394.xml Tue, 28 Jul 1970 12:00:00 GMT