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FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
at a distance with those of an ostrich. The
other huntsman tried in vain to rid himself
of his disguise. Somehow he could not get
his arm out of the long neck. He was an
Englishman, we soon found out; and when
we saw that Hassan had thrown his gun
away and was busy with our lord, and the
Englishman was entangled, all we widowed
ostriches set upon him, and kicked him
fearfully on the legs, the ostrich disguise
protecting his body and head from injuries. Now
a party of more Beduins and Englishmen
came up on horseback, attracted by the report
of the gun, and just as the dawn, with bloody
streaks, rose over the eastern plains, shedding
a warlike glare over the scene of carnage, a
wild chase began, which lasted for two days
and two nights, over the desert, and prevented
us hapless widowed mates taking food, so that
at last, exhausted from want and fatigue, we
might fall victims to the cruel sport.
" When chased, our custom is to describe a /
semicircle, trying to lengthen the road that way,
so as to distance and fatigue the horses, who
are not as fleet as we, but after having pursued
thus for some length of time, the huntsmen
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