I once heard of a wealthy Frenchman, nervous and dyspeptic, who was ordered by his eccentric physician to buy a Barbary ostrich and imitate him as well as care for him.

After about a month one enormous egg arrivedan egg that would not have disgraced a young ostrich.

The Indians, commonly, by holding a large plume of feathers before them, and walking gently forward, drive the ostriches into some narrow neck, or point of land, then, spreading a strong net from one side to the other, to hinder them from returning back to the open fields, set their dogs upon them, thus confined between the net and the water, and when they are thrown on their backs, rush in and take them.

So he led me into the kitchen, and there sat at the table, eating dinner very solemnly, two ostriches!

This horse is fed only on camel's milk, and is principally used for hunting ostriches, which are run down by it, and then captured.

[Footnote 16: May not this form of the name suggest that in it is intended the 'foolish' ostrich?]

He had killed an ostrich, and cutting off its head he came toward where we were sitting.

" "You don't expect it will stay a secret, or that he'll go and pluck ostriches like geese, with Miles and Anne, and nobody know it? 'Twould be taking example by their ostriches, indeed!"

Birds of the boldest wing and brightest huesthe denizens of the woods and the watersof every variety of plumage, habit, song, and sizefrom the splendid macaw and toucan to the uncouth pelican and the shapeless puffinfrom the gigantic ostrich to the beautiful but diminutive golden wren; in short, all the birds which are congregated in this spot come, literally, from every corner of our globe.

3. House and Ground for Emus: Two awkward land birds, resembling ostriches.

I never had seen ostriches before, and I had no idea how hideous, how big, and how enchanting they are.

In a few moments he dashed past the window in hot pursuit of a fowl of venerable appearance, but of a style of going that would have put to shame any ostrich that Dr. LIVINGSTONE ever saw.

He showed him ostrich and unicorn, Ape, lion, and tiger keen; And elephants wise roared 'Hail Kaiser!'

Strong is the horse upon his speed; Strong in pursuit the rapid glede, Which makes at once his game: Strong the tall ostrich on the ground; Strong through the turbulent profound Shoots xiphias to his aim.

The neck, long and twisted, suggests an heroic ostrich in a Roman breastplate.

Faith, I was at the end of my imagination, and after with great difficulty making them swallow ostriches for giraffesa god-send, indeed, Negoro!I no longer knew what to invent.

Each one had a preference; the baby always preferred what the last one said; and she wanted an ostrich, the same as her big brother; he was seven then.