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OSTRICHES 
Ostrich. 
young ones ; the daughter of my people is become cruel , ( 
like the Ostriches in the wilderness. (Lam. iv. iii.) It is 
certainly true, that she does lay her eggs in the desert, I 
leaving them by day to the warmth of a burning sun ; hut fc 
no sooner does the evening set in, than swiftly she hastens 
across the wild tracts of sand, over which she has, through- I 
out the day, been wandering in search of a scanty supply of ! 
food, and all night long she covers them with the tenderest 
care. I 
The American Ostriches (Strut hio 'Rhea) are not only 
most affectionate, hut sociable, laying together in the same 
nest, or rather the same hole, showing equal attention to 
their joint broods ; and that they are not deficient in attach- 
ment towards each other, the following affecting story fully 
proves. 
A pair of Ostriches had long been kept in the Zoological 
Gardens, at Paris. The skylight over their heads having 
been broken, the glaziers proceeded to repair it, and, in the 
