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Page 122
"This trial pleased me so much that I wished to have it repeated; and in
order to test their strength, I had a full-grown man mount the smaller
bird, and two men the larger bird.
"At first, they started with caution; but presently they spread their
wings and went off at such a speed that they seemed scarcely to touch
the ground."
The voice of the ostrich is deep and hollow, and is said to resemble at
times the roar of the lion. The bird frequently makes a kind of cackling
noise, and when enraged at an enemy, it hisses very loudly.
Ostriches make their nests in the sand. One female will, in a single
season, lay from twenty to thirty eggs, weighing about three pounds
each.
Most of these she places in the nest, standing them on one end; but some
of them are left outside of the nest as food for her young when they are
hatched.
The natives of Africa are very fond of ostrich eggs, using them for
food. In taking the eggs, they exercise great caution; for should the
birds discover them, they would break all the eggs and leave the nest.
Young ostriches are readily tamed. Some families in Africa keep them as
we do chickens. They play with children, sleep in the houses, and when a
family moves, the ostriches follow the camels, frequently carrying the
children on their backs.
Within the past few years, ostriches have been brought to this country;
and places called ostrich farms have been established in California and
other States, for the purpose of raising them for their feathers.
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Language Lesson.--Let pupils point out any points that are omitted from
the following
Analysis.--1. Where the ostrich lives. 2. Its size and appearance--body,
head, neck, eyes, feathers, and plumes. 3. Its food. 4. An incident. 5.
Its speed. 6. Its strength,--leg and foot. 7. Riding ostriches. 8.
Voice of ostrich. 9. Nests and habits of the birds. 10. Ostriches in
this country.
Change such points as may be found necessary, and use the _analysis_ in
describing some well-known bird.
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LESSON LXIV.
plead, _urge as a reason_.
breach, _a breaking, as of a promise_.
re buke', _call attention to wrong-doing_.
strew, _spread; scatter_.
chide, _find fault with_.
re sent'nent, _anger on account of an injury_.
un a vail'ing, _useless; not helping in any way_.
jus'tice, _honesty; what is right_.
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