tso TRAVELS IN 
As (he never fits upon thefe eggs, they will 
keep frefh a long time, and the provident in- 
ftindl of the mother fets them apart for the 
firft nourifhment of the young produced from 
the reft. Experience convinced me of the 
truth of this affertion ; and every time I met 
with an oftrich's neft:, I found feveral of the 
eggs feparated in the fame manner. When 
I defcribe thefe Angular birds, I fhall enlarge 
more on this interefting fubjedl. 
At half after feven in the evening I halted 
near a confiderable pond formed by the rain- 
water, as my oxen had not tafted any when 
we flopped at noon, and as I was not certain 
of finding an opportunity of refrefhing them 
if I advanced farther. When our fires were 
kindled, each cooked his eggs after his own 
inanner; having taken off the fkin from one 
of thofe which were referved for me, my 
Hottentots put a little greafe into it, after it 
had been half buried in hot aflies, and ftirring 
it with a wooden fpoon, they made of it 
what is called a broiled egg, which, if I re- 
member right, might be equivalent to at leaft 
a dozen of hen*seggs; but, notwithftanding 
my voracious appetite, and the exquifite tafte 
of this new food, 1 could only eat the half of 
it. 
