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South American Ostrich and Young

for the most part these have been successful. A wonderful bird is the Ostrich; so large and tall, so strong, so foolish in its flight, when it attempts to escape from its pursuers, for then it sometimes thrusts its head into the sand, and as it cannot see its followers, it imagines it has left get away from its master. them behind, and is now perfectly safe.

The bird is strong enough to carry a full-grown man; probably, however, when the attempt was made to tame the bird and render it fit for ordinary use, it would still be found to be an Ostrich, ready to spread its wings, ready to run, ready to The account of the Somali riding the Ostrich, simply shows what can be done small wings; it has a way of partly sitting with this bird. The South American down, resting the weight of the body upon Ostrich (an engraving of which is an- the joints of the legs; in other respects, nexed) you will see is different from the it is different from its relative, and is well Ostrich of Africa. This one has very worth studying.