The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-19

were ifrndiug amongst tggs while anoiIief.
equally respectable, pl nj his heel on the
Pa''m'mt MS iilic nsf, enforcing the word
~ command ia u plniuon of soldiers.
iheft on viii see nnr who Is polite
ln,sh to bow twenty times and hnnr, like
u ifrnehmnn, and here another only grunfs
NJ s"n once Year, like n Dutchninn. j.
aifshnder were alive we should we much
giaetl1 deformily of liz. neck bnt In
place al That, w have nj present. upy the
6reeian stoop." II the Cync philoso.
th't WIRE among ~, We should hn,c tubs,
VI. '''ott' and witi we now have III nature
.no4El Hfd a&&
"0fh Of learned length, and 'baidrlns
But very llttlc vii, il must h. aclnow-
lodged JAOrlEs
BWch'H, in his "Tfa,cls in Africa, !" inst
published. relates thus Tie discovery Of ala
ost,iehs ncst.
In onrA~ay over the plain we frn In
with an osfpfch'S ut8t; II 50 onr may ,nll +,
bare soncaNiiy fclatehed in The sand, six
i'et ~ diameter surrounded by trench
equally shallow, aud without the trace of
an, materials such M grass, leaves, or
s'lchs, Ia gave II resemblance 10 the nests If
other birds. The ostrieles To which II be
nngrd must have been nj TINT tine feeding
AT asgr'at distance, or We should have
seen th.m on SO opcn plain. The poor
hfds nj their return would find TINT rob
hefs had isiicd their hame in lh. ir ABSENCE.
for we carried N all iheir eggs. Within
Ills hollow, and quite exposed, lay twenty
I'VE 81 THESE gigantic eggs, aud in The
trench nipe more Intended, as the IIotfcn-
tots observe, as the first food Off twenty
li'r young onts. THESE IN the hollow be-
ing designed AS ipcnmbents may often
prove useless 10 The traveller, hut the 9TH
'rs on The outside " III always be found fl
Tor eating. In III. present instance, the
whole number were equal, good. A
The txrcdient iesoried 10 by .SpreE
man On II former occasion was now adnp.
Ted IN n certain extent after filling all our
bags, the slcr, es Of their watch coats and
Their seeondpair oftlowsers were crammed
i0l oftggs. II WAS consdrr,d as an aus.
lleiolis onen, that nj the commencement
oi nnf journey, 81 valuable prize had been
placed IL our way, Our fithhd dogs were
mol forgotten IN. the division of the spoil
aud thei, stnrs, which W. Immediately
b Ole Into bow, Was eaten up on the spot.
y sN#
" We made orr dinner flom the ostrich
,ggs, each Of the Joitentots eatiLg a whole
'h', hinouBH 'nillhlninRa rs already men
Toned, as much food u ~ eDty- four eggs
II The domestic hen. Ii is literature, MT
surprising that found myself unable TO
accomplish my share of the meal even
With the aid of all the hunger which lung
hor,iHg's ride had given me. The mode
u witch they were o ted, was one If great
'nilquity for all The iloitentot race, their
ail,ers and their grandfalh.rs' fathers, rs
hey express themselves, have praetised il
'rtore them
A o'ndi1 hoic The size ola finger was very
l"N.tonsiy made nj one end, aud having
AT u forked stick from the bushes, they
Introduced IL into the egg by pressing
lac two prongs close together then by
wiring thr end III the slick betw zen the
'ain al their bands for short fine they
mixed the white aud y0lk To-
g her. Setting II upon the FIRE, they con-
in,ie frequently To Turn the stick, unlll the
iside had acquired the proper consistenre
# boiled egg. This method fecolnn ends
I ell 10 traveller, by lis expedition, clean
~ s., and simplicit, aud BY requi ing
ieliler pot nor water, the shell answers
Irflerily the purpose Of the first and the
iqnd nature Of its contents, that Of the
Jlhtf.'