STOKIES ABOUT BIRDS. 



enough, to hit them with the contents of a fowl- 

 ing-piece. Thej are sometimes run down by 

 greyhounds, however. When they have been 

 eating too much, so that they cannot move as 

 rapidly as they otherwise could, the greyhound 

 succeeds in tiring them out and capturing them. 

 The bustard runs off, when he sees the dog, 

 and flaps his wings, so as to gather air enough 

 ■under them to enable him to rise. In the 

 mean time, the enemy approaches nearer and 

 nearer, till it is too late for the bird to think 

 of obtaining safety by flight ; for, just as he 

 begins to rise in the air, as the bird himself 

 very well knows, there is always a loss of time. 

 He is obliged to continue on foot, and so he is 

 taken. 



