
eye Fe oe Pe ge 
Tn the fame manner the favages in America. 
‘ ii themfelves like rey to sapees roe- 
Bp backs, © 
The Oftrich can frike dea its ie and kick 
Da dog to the ground, Some have-faid, that it 
- can ule its feet to throw ftones; but this is not. 
very likely, nor is it mentioned by any late ob- 
ptekvers, : | 
_ ~The legs of the Oftrich are couche before sai 
large (cales, the end of the foot is cloven, and has 
: two large toes of unequal fines. | 
In the Scriptures the Jews are forbidden to eat 
its fleth, and it is particularly mentioned i in the. 
Book of Job. | 
The Celfowiry'h has three toes; it t has an hele 
“met or horn on the top of its head, and on the - 
“middle of the neck two pendent wattles, that is, 
two pieces of warty naked fkin, hanging down, 











_ The wings are fmall, eset feathers, and ufe~ : 
: _lefs for flying. ee pce 
_ The thighs are bare of feathers above the adie 
~The Caflowary is not fo large as the Oftrich, — 
yet appears in proportion more bulky; for its. 
(legs and neck are much fhorter, and yet very 
is thick, ; 

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