CHAP. XIX. 
LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY. 
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to say I found these large locust-birds in the North 
of Africa, in Morocco and about Tangier, where they 
are considered sacred; and although in the wild state 
are so tame that they roost upon nearly every Moorish 
hut in the country, and are never molested by the 
Mahometans. 
