Note VIII.—Page 10.

"There Dryades round encamp, with all their
train Of joyful songsters, which united choir."

Dryades are the nymphs of the woods; the songsters here re- ferredto are the singing birds which warble sweetest in the morning. The Robin red-breast, the thrush, and blackbird, along with many others, give a pleasing effect to the wildness of the surrounding scenery, when they strain their musical powers.