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if they did not eat them, the fmell would 
very hurtful to the health of the people wno hive 
in thofe hot countries. 
“In the river Nile there are numbers of croco- 
diles, who come out of the water to lay their 
eggs, which they bury in the ground. “he Vul- 
tures fit upon the trees and watch the crocodiles, 
and as foon as they are gone into the river, they 
fly down and feratch up the eggs, and eat them. 
The King of the Vultures is the moit elegant 
bird of this kind. It is found in South America. 
His head and neck are covered with a flefh-co- 
loured fkin; behind the head it is of a deep red, 
and round his neck he has a loofe ruff of feathers ; 
into this {kin he can draw back and hide his head. 
‘There is one kind of Vulture in Mexico, in A- 
merica, that can raife the feathers behind its head, | 
in the form of a crown; and it is faid, that with 
one ftroke of its bill it could break the fkull of a 
r “mMan..: 
But the Condor is the largeft Vulture of all; 
it is the fize of a fheep ; and when its wings are 
opened they are thirteen or fourteen, and fome 
fay eighteen feet acrofs. 
One Condor is ftrong enough to kill a cow, 
and two of them can devour it: when it flies 
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