They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.

A villager selects Chinese prickly ashes at Daming Town of Huazhou District in Weinan City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 30, 2020. Local authorities encourage Chinese prickly ash planting in Huazhou District and help farmers raise their income.

[…]for on occasions he gives utterance to an entirely uncharacteristic series of cacking notes, and even mounts high in the tree to sing a hesitating medley of the same unmusical cacks, broken whistled calls, and attempted trills.

Whom’s it for? Oh! Mr. Edward Trevor; then it’s a brief by telegraph, I suppose.