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pieces ; for he has not ftrength to bold them, as 

 a hawk does, in his claws, and pull them with 

 his bill ; but being faft fpitted, he has ftrength 

 enough to diffed. Thefe birds are much ad- 

 mired by the Ruffians for the diverfion they af- 

 ford them in feizing and killing their prey, and 

 artRilly hanging it up for their food. The bird 

 above defcribed is very near, and poflibly may 

 be the fame with the Guiraru Nheengeta of 

 Marcgrave. 



Account of the Needles, in the îfle of Wight. 



In the beginning of June 1761, I had the cu- 

 riofity to vifit the Ifle of Wight, where 

 I fpent a week in feeing what was curious 

 in that part of the ifland, and went off to fea fe- 

 veral times under the flupendous rocks and cliffs 

 called the Needles. Many ftrangersof our fouthern 

 counties vifit thefe parts yearly on the fame ac- 

 count. When we enter fome of our great cathe- 

 drals, their greatnefs andfoiemn gloominefs ftrike 

 us with a pleafing reverential kind of chilling 

 horror ; and when we view the magnificent pa- 

 laces of fovereign princes, we are ftruck with 



, , beauty. 



