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can see him, catcheth him up. The Dragon, with many 

 Folds windeth about his Wings, and so entangleth them 

 that they fall down both together. 



CHAPTER V. 

 A wonderful Thing of an Eagle. 



THE Glory of an Eagle is much celebrated at the City of 

 Sestos ; for a young Maiden having brought up a young 

 Eagle, the Bird requited her Kindness by first catching 

 Birds for her, and in process of Time brought to her the 

 Produce of its Hunting. At length the young Girl died ; 

 and when her Funeral-fire was set a-burning, the Eagle 

 threw itself on it, and was consumed to Ashes with her. For 

 which Cause the Inhabitants erected in that Place a Monu- 

 ment, such as they call Herou'm, denominated (the Tomb) of 

 Jupiter and the Virgin, because that Bird is consecrated to 

 the God. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Of Vultures. 



THE black Vultures are the best of that kind of Birds. 

 No man ever could meet with their Nests; and therefore 

 some have thought (but untruly) that they fly to us out of 

 an opposite World. But they build in the very highest 

 Rocks ; and their young ones have many Times been seen, 

 two generally together. Umbricius, who was the most skilful 

 Aruspex of our Age, saith, that usually they lay three Eggs ; 

 of which they take one of them to purify the other Eggs and 

 the Nest, and soon after they cast it away : also that they 

 fly two or three days before to the place where there will be 

 dead Carcasses. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Of the Sangualis and Tmmussulus. 



THE Roman Augurs entertain much Doubt concerning 

 the Sangualis and the Immussulus. Some are of opinion 

 that the Immussulus is the Young of the Vulture : and the 

 Sangualis, the Young of the Ossifraga. Massurius saith, 



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