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withstanding there are thousands of them, 

 they are only to be found in the Potowmac 

 and Susquehanna rivers; they do not go into 

 any other part of America, nor are they ever 

 seen in other waters. 



There is a bird which they call an owl, 

 but not at all like ours in England. That 

 bird will seize a grown fowl, and fly away 

 with it, just in the same manner as the 

 hawks and gledes do with chickens in our 

 own country. The bird which they call a 

 Turkey buzzard, is beautiful in shape, 

 something larger than the glede, and in 

 colour like the English buzzard : in some 

 of the states there is a fine of five pounds 

 for shooting a single one of them: they will 

 eat carrion and garbage of every kind ; and 

 it is for that reason that people wish to pre- 

 serve them. These two last-mentioned 

 birds are esteemed fine eating, although 

 they live entirely on stinking flesh and 

 offals. 



There are great numbers of Guinea-birds 



