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IM ihaps ovcruhclm mir cultivated lands 



iii; and v noinous serpent N in.t\ 

 ssess our abed. > a.-> ill- v now <J-> th< ir iia- 

 .1 i.f >p< iius tli.-y would 



in metaphor, The /'/// 'flits ;r/7/ </ ( 



at. Iii tlu* same manner, when, by tin- 



:li-\vinds tlic r<nmtr_ >uriluil, a.-d the 



irbiuger of fertility, j-c-appoan d, tlir-y 



:\, The Ibl , conquered the Serpi 



!y, ilu sand.-, accumulated on the confines of 



rt, arrested by vegetation in those places 



ulit re the openings between the hills allorded 



thrm a passage, might well be denominated the 



heaps of bone*, which declared the victory of the 



|bis, and justified the veneration paid to the bird. 



The genus Numenius or Curlew is so closely 



allied to that of Ibis, that Jt only differs in not 



having a naked front Tin- common Curlew is a 



native of our own island, and is often seen on our 



coa> Its colour i- pale-brown, \aried with 



vn, and the lower parts are white. 



The is not very numerous, l>nt some of the 



e birds of considerable elegance - t 



:n particular which sometimes strays into this 



country, and i> of a brilliant coppery-brown colour, 



