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a THE NATURAL HISTORY - 
in water, and are fs affected with cold, that they 
will come near enough to the fire to-burn their - 
feet, 
If one lee be lame they wal lk upon the other a 
with the help of the beak, which tl they ufe like a 
crutch, for they can lean with it upon the ground, 
savages ufe the beautiful feathers of the Fla-- 
mingo for ornaments; and formerly it was fkin- 
ned by the Europeans, and thefe fkins, with the 
feathers upon them, were made into muffs, 
“sometimes Flamingoes will lay their eggs upon. 
a low rock, if it project or jut out, and be in 
-fuch a form, as to allow them to fit aftride upon ~ 
it, with their legs hanging down, one on each — 
fide. 
