BUSTARD. 
sometimes run down by greyhounds. Being 
voracious and greedy, they often sacrifice their 
safety to their appetites ; and, as they are ge- 
nerally very fat, they are unable to fly without 
much preparation : when, therefore, the grey- 
hounds come within a certain distance, the 
Bustards run off, clap their wings, and endea- 
vour to jgather under them air enough to rise ; 
in the mean time, the dogs are continually 
gaining ground, till at last it is too late for 
flight. However, notwithstanding the slug- 
gishness of their usual pace, they can, wlici? 
in danger, run very fast ; and, once fairly on 
the wing, are able to fly several miles without 
-resting. 
As there are but few places where Bustards 
can at once find proper food and security, 
they seldom wander above twenty or thirty 
miles from home; and, their fbod being re- 
plete with moisture, they are enabled to live 
on plains, where there are scarcely any springs 
of water. Nature, however, as a security 
against drought, has furnished the males with 
a pouch, the entrance of which lies immedi- 
ately under the tongue, and which v>'ill contain 
nearly 
