natural history. 
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Dutch. It is aflertecl by fome, that the flefli 
is naiilcous, while others, on the contrary, 
contend that it is palatable and wholefome. 
This bird grows to fuch an enormous fixe, 
that three or four of them are fufficient to 
dine a hundred Tailors. The dodo, by fome, 
is thought to be the bird of Naxarcth, the 
defeription of it being exaaiy fimilar to that 
bird 
This feems to be an entire exception to 
the general nature of birds, both in appear* 
ance, as well as aftivity. If we except the 
owls, and birds of that defeription, there are 
fcarcely any but what ai’C agreeable in form, 
and alert in motion ; but this, on the other 
hand, appears formed, not only to difgufl 
the fpcaator, but to be almoft an immove- 
able burlefque of the feathered tribe. Were 
we allowed to give our opinion of the final 
caufe of creating lb unfeemly a creature, we 
fliould fay, it was formed as a foil to the vari- 
ous beauties difeovered in the reft of the bird, 
creation. 
The GOLDEN EAGLE. 
TT H 1 S bird is about three feet nine inch- 
es in length, and eight fpans in breadth. Its 
bill is ftrong, fliarp, and crooked : the eye 
has four lids, to guard it againft cxccniyc 
light, and prevent it from external injuries : 
