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Sir, — Mr Bain’s contribution in no way affects my thesis. Homer (and his magpie) flourished in the eighth or seventh century 8.C., whereas Alexander (and the mynah) adorned the fourth. It is, of
course, quite possible that in the four years following Alexander’s push across the Indus in 327 8.C., the latter bird may have been deprogrammed from Hindi. But that could only have resulted in a accented regurgitation of the Cretan magpie’s recitations first recorded at least three centuries earlier. I am inclined to regard any role played by the oriental import as minor. — Yours, etc.,
J. J. BENEFIELD. June 18, 1984.
[This correspondence is now closed. — Editor]
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