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Young Cranes, before they are fledged, run 
with fuch {wiftnefs, that a man cannot eafily overs 
take them, 
In fome countries it was thought very wrong to 
kill them, becaufe, by their appearing and difap- . 
pearing, they were {uppofed to-foretel the feafon, 
and the hufbandman was very’much chies by 
them. 
If they came early, a plentiful pe was 
expected, but if late, an unfavourable feafon. 
We thould be very careful not to laugh at or 
: find fault with opinions of this kind, among 
the lower clafs of people, which make them ten- 
_ der in their treatment of any animal ; for they are 
‘too often very thoughtlefs in thefe refpects. 
The Siberian Crane is another of this {pecies ; 
a it is very large, and inhabits the marfhes near the 
rivers Oby and Irtis. ‘Thefe Cranes make their 
__ hefts of plants upon tufts of orafs, and lay two 
eggs. 
They are very fhy, and have a fentinel to warn 
] _ them of any danger. it is very difficult for the 
: a fowler to come within eun-thot, for as they are 
[| near five feet high, they can fee him at a great 
| diftance. | 
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