\ 
OF Brees oR 
if they did not eat them, ‘the fmell would be 
_ very hurtful to the health of the people who live 
i in thofe hot countries. 
TH the river Nile there are numbers of croco- 
diles, who come out of the water to lay their 
_ €8g8, which they bur yin the ground. The Vul- | 
tures fit upon the trees and watch the crocodiles, _ 
and as faon as they are gone into the river, they 
ek down and feratch up the eggs, and eat them. ee 
The King of the Vultures is the mof elegant — 
_ bird of this kind. It j is. found in South America. 
His head and neck are covered with a fleth-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 fkin 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 
man e 
| But the Condor is the lareeft Vulture of all . 
it is the fize of a fheep; and whenits wings are 
opened they are thirteen or fourteen, and fome 
fay eighteen feet acrofs, - | 
One Condor is {trong enough to kill a cow, 
and two of them can devour. it: when it flies 
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