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ther of thefe fkins is very thick. ‘Fhe Arabians 
formerly made of them upper coats without 
fleeves, which ferved the purpofe of armour. 
- The feathers are now much valued: the Jani- 
garies, who are the beft foldiers in Turkey, when 
they have performed any brave actions, are allow- 
ed to wear them in their turbans, : 
- Thole feathers that are taken from the Oftrich 
while he is alive are the moft valuable; the 
others are dry, light, and liable to be fpoilt by the 
worms. | ae 
Oftriches are eafily tamed: the inhabitants 
of Dara and of Lybia, that is of fome parts of 
Barbary; have great flocks, and from them they 
take the feathers, : ae 
' Some Oftriches have been not only tamed, but 
taught to carry like a horfe. Mr. Moore, an 
Englifhman, faw a man riding in Africa upon an 
Oftrich, Mr. Adamfon faw two at the factory 
of Podor, upon the river Niger, (a factory is a 
place of trade:) two little Negroes got upon the — 
_ largeft; the Oftrich immediately ran very faft alk 
round the village. Mr. Adamfon afterwards: 
placed a grown up Negro upon the fmalleft Of. 
trich and two upon the larger; they firft ran gently, 
and when they were a little roufed, they feemed, 
Icarcely to. touch the ground: they ran fo {wiftly | 
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