Vulgar words in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 (Page 1)
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The loud and discordant noise of the _laughing jackass_, (or _settler's clock_, as he is called,) as he takes up his roost on the withered bough of one of our tallest trees, acquaints us that the sun has just dipped behind the hills, and that it is time to trudge homewards; while the plaintive notes of the curlew, and the wild and dismal screechings of the flying squirrel, skimming from branch to branch, whisper us to retire to our bedchambers.
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In the morning, again, the dull monotonous double note of the _whee-whee_, (so named from the sound of its calls,) chiming in at as regular intervals as the tick of a clock, warns us to rub our eyes and con over the tasks of the impending day, as it is but half an hour to dawn; till again the loud laughter of the _jackass_ summons us to turn out, and take a peep at the appearance of the morning, which just begins to glimmer beyond the dusky outline of the eastern hills.