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iG there were no Vultures i in hot countries, the 
_ dead bodies, and the infide of cows and theep, 
which are thrown away, would foon become very 
: offenfive, and occafion many diforders among the 
inhabitants ; befides, they: eat the Serpents and. 
Srocotiles. eggs, and prevent the em from in-- 
creafing too faft. | 
In Paleftine, or the Holy Land, which is in: 
Turkey in Afia, they would be overrun with Rats ~ 
and Mice, if the Vultures did not we 
them. : | 
If there were no stand, nor F “alcons, nor 
Hawks, nor Kites, perhaps the little birds’which. | 
they prey upon, would increafe fo fatt, that there — 
Might not be food: enough for them, and then: * 
: pe all of thefe little birds muft be half famifhe 
ed, Its better for them that a few fhould. be _ 
: wet) by birds of prey, than that all ould | 
away and die of hunger, . ae 
Almoft all birds of prey lay very few egos; Aid 
have very few young.ones, Provide ence has pres 
vented their increafing very faft, for if they did, 
they would foon deftroy all the little — and: at. 
lait die of hunger themfelves. . 
The Owls are very ufeful to us in > killing Mice 
and Rats, that -woald deftroy our corn, and Moles’ 
that get into the nelds, and would = out the — 
com by its roots, . 
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