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[ lvi «e, discovered by the blood of the pigr, and de- 
°Ured it, when yet quite fresh, w ithin ray sight. 
^“Not contented with these experiments, which I 
'^ady thought fully conclusive, having found two 
l^Rg vultures, about, the size of pullets, covered yet 
j ' l 't down, and looking more like quadrupeds than birds, 
“d them brought home and put into a large coop in 
(I .yard, in the view of every body, and attended to 
w*'r feeding myself. I gave them a great number of 
(["'headed woodpeckers and parokeets, birds then easy 
Procure, as they were feeding daily on the mulberry 
[ p s iu the immediate neighbourhood of ray orphans. 
" These the young vultures could tear to pieces by 
[“king both feet on the body, and applying the bill 
|T lt h g reat f orce . So accustomed lo my going towards 
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, , ulra . my going towards 
- were they in a few days, that when I approached 
. cage with 'hands filled with game for them, they 
IjN'diately began hissing and gesticulating very much 
i® young pigeons, and putting their hills to each 
I,, i r > as if expecting to be fed mutually, as their parent 
,,^'1 nn ... ~ ol nxssiwl • Klnfk fAathers made 
j appearance, and the down diminished. I remarked 
ill ‘■•'ttraordinary increase of their legs and hill ; and 
, '"king them fit for trial, 1 closed three sides of the 
a* e With planks, leaving the front only with bars for 
i, .'" 1 to see through ; had the cage cleaned, washed, 
■ fauded, to remove auy filth attached to it from the 
j. fr*d flesh that had been in it ; and turned its front 
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4 tl j" food for them 
V o C diateIv from the course I usually took towards it 
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•wju ror uiem. I approached it often barefooted, 
, t , ?°on perceived that if l did not accidentally make 
q ‘°'se, the young birds remained in their silent up- 
>o tt att *tudes, until 1 shewed myself to them by turning 
il ( . i® front of their prison. I frequently fastened a 
C* squirrel or rabbit, cut open, with all the entrails 
.'"1 Sing loosely, to a loner pole, and in this situation 
C“ lli put it to the back part of the cage ; but no 
I no movement was made : when, on the contrary, 
C es ®»ted the end of the pole, thus covered over the 
no sooner would it appear beyond the edge, than 
