ee where, or ‘by. means of -a-man covered with a: 
~ horfe’s fkin. - 
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The female fometimes leaves her eggs in: 
4 fearch of food: it is faid, that if any perfon in: 
- her abfence fhould breathe upon the eggs, fhe: 
immediately forfakes them. 
a 
 Buftards, though very large, ° are very fearful ; - 
they are efpecially afraid of dogs: and this cow. 
ardice is fo great, that if they are flightly hurt, » 
they die of fear: when they are angry, they 
fwell out a piece of loofe {kin which is under” 
their neck. \ 
Whea the Buftard is pile: it runs very: 
faft and flaps its wings, and goes feveral miles 
in this manner without flopping: but as it rifes 
' from, the ground with great difficulty, and can- ’ 
f. not perch: upon trees, (perhaps for want of a- 
back toe) it is fometimes caught by greyhounds: 
and. other dogs. 7 f 
Buftards are often taken by means. of - Hawks, . 2 
a and birds. of. prey, or caught in-nets, They. 
are faid to be fo fond of horfes, that by means 
of a horfe. they. may be - brought almoft any 
Elien fays, ore in. the’ Guedom of. Pontus, os 
which is now. in Turkey in Afiay the foxes de~ 
 Geive the Buftards, by lying clofe to the g ground | 
and raifing, their tails, and moving them like the 
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