much the soonest. The beautiful feathers of the ostrich arc so admired, that great painsand trouble are taken to procure them. The Arab comes with his swift horse in search of the ostriches. A flock of them are quietly feeding together on the plain. If it ismid-day, they strut about, fanning their… … OSTRICH HUNT. The wings of the bird keep working hke two sails, and he gets over theTound so fast that he would soon be out of sight if he ran in a straight Hne. 190 STORIES ABOUT BIRDS. But he is so foolish as to keep running from one side to the other. Thehunter, meanwhile, rides straight on, and…
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