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Thefe birds being, treated with fo much regard, 
were no longer afraid of men, but came into the 
towns, walking about in the fireets. They were in 
great numbers in Alexandria; they confumed 
many things which were eee and fome- 
times were troublefome in ftealing provifions thet 
were intended to be faved. 
They build their nefts in palm-trees, among the 
-' thickeft leaves, to cuard them from cats, who are 
‘their ereateft enemies. ‘They lay four eggs. a 
It is faid that the Ibis, when it is ill, can relieve 
its ftomach by falt water, which it throws in be- 
hind with its bill, and that men have learnt from 
the Ibis a like ssp hae of curing themfelves, when 
; they have fuch complaints. 
: a Mahomet, who firft taught. the Mahometan re- 
ligion, i is buried at Mecca; the Mahometans B05 
out of refpect to him, to vib his tombs and they 
go in numbers like an army. This travelling. 
multitude is called a caravan; they: take, many 
camels with them to ride upon, and to carry their 
tents, their water, and their provifion. ‘The Ibis’s 
in great flocks follow thefe caravans to feaft upon yi 
the fragments of the provilions which they leave, . 
behind, ; Jt is remarkable that they are only feen 
in Arabia at the. feafons of the year when the ca-. 
. favans are travelling there. hee 
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