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an other, by some parts where they ioyne, seeing that in LlB - 

 the great Hands far from the maiue land I have not heard 

 that there are any, though I have made diligent inquiry. 



CHAP, xxxv. -Of Fowles which are heere, and are at Hie 

 Indies, and how they could passe thither. 



Wee may more easily beleeve the same of birdes, and that 

 there are of the same kindes that we have, as partridges, 

 turtles, pigeons, stockdoves, quailes, and many sorts of 

 falcons, which they send from New Spaine and Peru to the 

 noblemen of Spaine, for they make great accompt of them. 

 There are also herons and eagles of diverse kindes ; and 

 there is no doubt but these birds and such like, have sooner 

 passed thither than lions, tygres, and stagges. There are 

 likewise at the Indies great numbers of parrots, especially 

 vpon the Andes of Peru, and in the Hands of Puerto Rico 

 and Santo Domingo, where they flee by flockes, as pigeons 

 do here. To conclude, birdes with their wings may goe 

 where they will; and truely many kindes might well passe 

 the gulph, seeing it is certaine, as Plinie affirmeth, that Pim., lib. 

 there are many that passe the sea, and goe into strange 

 regions, although I have not read that any fowle hath 

 passed by flight so great a gulph as is the Indian Ocean, 1 

 yet hold I it not altogether impossible, seeing the common 

 opinion of mariners, that you shall finde them two hundred 

 leagues and more from the land. And as Aristotle doth Arist., iu&amp;gt;. 



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teach, that birdes endure the water easely, having little 

 respiration, as wee see in sea fowle, which dive and remain 

 long vnder the water. Even so we may say that the fowle 

 which bee at this present vppon the maine land, and in the 

 Hands at the Indies, might passe the sea, resting them 

 selves in some small Hands or vpon some land which they 

 1 &quot; El Mar Oceano de Indias.&quot; 



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