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A Bright Bird and Joe the Talkative Starling
A light tale of an English starling taught to talk by a barber. Joe answers questions in dialogue with his master and later escapes to be snared by a fowler, but reconnects with the barber after a dramatic peril and learns loyalty. The piece also notes gas poisoning risks in steel works and a Mosso remedy involving high oxygen under pressure.
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Hadeen
Joe
Pimlico
The
Baptist Union
Fowler
M. A. Mosso
Comptes Rendus
Paris Academie Des Sciences