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acted to be imprisonment for a year and 
a day, and a fine at the King's will. 
On the River Thames, Swans are 
esteemed royal property ; and it continues 
at this day to be accounted felony to steal 
their eggs. By this means their increase 
is secured, and they prove a delightful 
ornament to this and other rivers in the 
kingdom. 
In some parts of Russia and Siberia, 
this species are said to be found in a state 
of nature. 
It is scarcely necessary to add that the 
down of the Swan is converted into many 
useful and ornamental articles. 
