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- But the affe&tion which they thew their parents 
is very remarkable.—When they are weak and 
helplefs, through age or accident, they bring them 
food, and return thofe cares and attentions which 
their parents fhewed them when they were young. 
~The Greeks formerly lived in Turkey in Eu- 
rope; they were the wifeft people then im the 
world; they made a law, obliging children to 
take care of their parents, when they became old 
or helplefs; and this law was named after the 
Stork, in honour of that very good example which 
| ‘the Storks. fet. to men. 
iad many. countries. it was tonfalcied as a very 
preat crime to kill a Stor rk, becaufe they are: 
* fo ufeful tomankind in deftroying reptiles and 
infects: for in damp places thefe infe@ts would in- 
“ creafe fo faft as to be very troublefome. 
_ After the waters of the Nile return within their 
banks, the Storks appear in fuch numbers as almof 
to cover the country. They come to feed upon 
thofe infects and reptiles, which are produced in: 
vaft quantities in the mud; and when the Nile 
overflows, then they pafs from Egypt to Europe. » 
. Herons have the: middle claw toothed like a. 
faw on the inner fide. This is a contrivance to’ 
‘enable them to hold fatt the fith, upon which they 
live, for _ are very flippery. 
B 3. Herons’ 
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