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: ing back majeftically towards his tail, he appears 
_ jnall his glory. 
In the time of King Solomon (who reigned 
over the Jews, and ‘was remarkable for his wif- 
dom,) they were brought to Jerufalem as great 
- curiofities, as appears by the Scriptures; and #7 
when we recollect that Solomon fpoke of trees * 
from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, to the 
byflop that fpringeth. out of the wall, alfo of 
beafts and of fowls, we fhall not be furprifed that 
_ in his fhips he fhould have brought Apes and 
» Peacocks. 
_ + The Peacock was not originally an Euro- 
pean bird; but was brought from the Eaft Indies 
{ in Afia, by Alexander, who lived more than 
4 vP sii Fad ep —. 
_ 2000 years ago, . = 
| "Alexander, was a King in part of Greece, —_ 
: (which is now called Turkey in Europe) and © 
_ Conquered part of Afia, he was fo much pleafed 
_ with the beauty of the Peacock, that he ordered 
that none fhould be killed. About bis time they ’ 
Were brought into Greece, and increafed very 4 
_ fift. The Europeans have now diftributed them 
_ in moft parts of the world, in Africa, in North Ps 
America, and in feveral of the iflands in the : a 
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