CHAPTER XXIX

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THE OSTRICH AND THE CASSOWARY.

Size of the Ostrich--Its astonishing Swiftness--Ostrich Hunting-- Stratagem of the Ostrich for protecting its Young--Points of Resemblance with the Camel--Its Voracity--Ostrich Feathers-- Domestication of the Ostrich in Algeria--Poetical Legend of the Arabs--The American Rheas--The Cassowary--The Australian Emu 384

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