XIV 
PIGS, CATTLE, OSTRICHES 
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blocks of white quartz about the size of a cricket ball, 
but the more angular the better, broken china plates, 
glass bottles, lids of jam tins, door hinges, etc. It 
may be as well to dispel any illusion that may be 
entertained by the ignorant in England that ostriches 
are bred and kept in this country on account of the 
marketable value of their feathers. This is far from 
being the case. They are farmed and fattened in 
large quantities solely and entirely as food for lions. 
Indeed were it not for the truly altruistic spirit of the 
egg-catching company of ostrich farmers in the 
Protectorate, who are here to spend money and not to 
make it, it would, I think, be quite safe to say that 
this happily numerous species of giant cat would have 
long ere this become extinct.” 
This bitter and sarcastic lament was, I imagine, 
induced partly by recent losses and partly by a 
deranged liver. 
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