THE OSTRICH-FARM AT STELLINGEN 257 
birds are so strong and vigorous that I think there is every 
hope that we shall be able to bring them up to maturity. 
From the fourth to the fifth week they actually gained 
1 |b. in weight every day. Although we only have three 
pairs of breeding birds, we have twenty-two eggs at present 
in the incubator, most of which apparently have been fertil- 
ised ; so we have every reason to be satisfied with the re- 
sults which we have obtained. Among the many ostriches 
Mr. Millen and the German Emperor with a four-week-old chicken. 
which I have recently imported I think there are certain to 
be ten or twelve good breeding pairs for the coming year, 
and the prospects for the future appear in consequence very 
bright. Let me take the reader on a tour of inspection 
round the various divisions of the ostrich-farm. 
Tue Main ENCLOSURE. 
We first come to the main building, forty-five yards long by 
nine yards wide. On every side of it windows have been 
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