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32 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
go to the warm fprings that remain unfrozen, ty 
feels about in the mud with his foot for his prey 
By means of his long legs he can go a fog} 
deep into water, without wetting himfelf ; his tog 
are very long, and his beak is armed with litt 
teeth, turning backwards. 
Herons are very long lived, it is probable thy 
they live more than fixty years. 
There are many fpecies of the Heron. Th 
Crefted Purple Heron is one. It is found neg 
the Cafpian and the Black Seas, in the lakes g 
Great Tartary, and on the river Irtis, in Siberia 
The common Heron is found in almoft evey 
country, 
The Great and Little Egrets are both four 
in South America. 
The Little Egret is found too in Africa and } 
Afia. 
Egrets have long filky feathers on their backs: 
Ladies often wear them in their head-dreffes 
Warriors often wear them in their helmets, 
the Sultan, or the Emperor of the Turks, wear 
them fometimes in his turban or cap. 
Thefe feathers are foft and filky; a tuft of then 
grows from each fhoulder, they {pread over th 
back, and beyond the tail. 
The 
