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No augural attention is paid to thena there ; yet Hefiod direfts the 

 Grecian farmer " t® think of ploughing whenever he hears the an- 

 " nual clanaor of the Cranes in the clouds *." 

 ■Place, Inhabits all Rujfia and Sibiria, even as far eaft as the nvtv Anadyr -, 



and migrates even to the Ar£fk circle. None feen in Kamtjchat'ka^ 

 except on the very fouthern promontory, which they probably make 

 a refling-place, on their re-migration ; Kamtjchatka being deftitute of 

 ferpents and frogs, on which they feed tn countries where corn is 

 unknown. They lay two .blueifh eggs on the rulhy ground : the 

 young are hatched late j and as foon as they can fly attend their pa- 

 rents in their fouthern migration : 



Poturas te, Nile, Gr,ues. 



For Egypt is generally fuppofed to be the great winter quarters of 

 thefe birds. Previous to their retreat, they affemble in amazino- 

 numbers, choofe their leader, foar to a confiderable height, and then, 

 with continued clamor, proceed to their defigned place. Milton, 

 when he touches on this wonderful inftinfb of nature, defcribes their 

 progrefs with equal truth and elegance. 



Part loofely wing the region : part more wife. 



In common, rang'd in figure ( [> ) wedge their way. 



Intelligent of feafons, and fet forth 



Their aery caravan, high over feas 



Flying, and over lands with mutual wing 



Eafing their flight. So fleers the prudent Crane 



Her annual voyage, borne on winds ; 



The air flotes as they pafs, fann'd with unnumber'd plumes. 



* Egyav Kai Y.^ieav. II. v. 66. 



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