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A DESCRIPTION OP 
other Pelicans to the place, which, he assures us, eject a 
portion of the provisions from their pouches for their im- 
prisoned companion. As soon as the men observe this, 
they rush to the spot, and, after leaving a small quantity 
for the bird, carry oft' the remainder. 
In America, Pelicans are often rendered domestic, and 
are so trained, that at command they go in the morning 
and return before night with their pouches distended with 
prey, part of which they are made to disgorge, while the 
rest is left to them for their trouble. The bird is said to 
live sometimes a hundred years. 
THE CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo,) 
Is a large water-bird, nearly allied to the pelican, en- 
dued with a very voracious appetite, and consequently of 
a very rapacious disposition. It lives upon all sorts of 
