224 THE TOWER MENAGERIE. 
much of the flavour of beef. The quantity of provision 
supplied by one of these birds is by no means incon- 
siderable. 
The animals of the part of New Holland from which 
these birds are derived appear in general to suffer little 
from their transportation to the climate of England. 
The Emeus, like the Kanguroos, have become to a 
certain extent naturalized in the Royal Park at Windsor, 
where they breed without difficulty and with no extra- 
ordinary precautions. Here they have assigned to them 
a sufficient space of ground to take ample exercise; and 
this circumstance contributes not a little to the thriving 
condition in-which they are met with. They are per- 
fectly harmless unless when irritated or pursued, in 
which case they sometimes strike very severe blows with 
their beaks, which are extremely hard. The pair in the 
Tower were obtained from this establishment, where 
they were bred. 
