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ries, than Spain, or any other of the interme- 

 diate countries ? 



"It is farther obfervable, that birds in their mi- 

 gration difcover wonderful order and polity : they 

 fly in troops, and fteer their courfe through huge 

 unknown regions without the compafs. — Add to 

 this, that the birds of paflage are all peculiarly 

 accommodated by the ftrudure of their parts for 

 long flights. 



" Whither thefe birds go, or where they have 

 their abode while abfent from us, is an inquiry I 

 can find little fatisfadtion in." 



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