THE OSTRICH-FARM AT STELLINGEN 269 
arrived safely at their destination, and were then turned loose 
by the Rajah in his garden. So quickly did they become 
accustomed to their new surroundings that they at once be- 
gan to breed, and there was soon a large family of young 
chickens. In fact they multiplied so fast that the Rajah, 
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Riding an ostrich. 
some time afterwards, wanted to sell some of them to one of 
my agents who was travelling in Nepal last year. I did not 
take them, however. What with the long journey and high 
freight the transaction could not have been profitable, even if 
he had presented them to me free of charge. I only now 
narrate the story in order to show how, in a favourable 
