 | 1802 - 700 páginas
...Sjjltma Katunr, where it is faid that one female lays fifty eggs. " The eggs of the oftrich are conBdered as a great delicacy. They are prepared in a variety of ways; but that made ufe of by the Hottentots is perhaps the beft : it is firaply to bury them in hot afhes, and through... | |
 | 1801 - 588 páginas
...Sjßemlt Natur*, where it is faid that one female lays fifty eggs. " Theeggs of the oftrich are confideted as a great delicacy. They are prepared In a variety of ways ; but that made ufe of by the Hottentots is perhaps thebeft : it is iimply to bury them in hot alhes, and through a... | |
 | 1801 - 544 páginas
...Sjjiema Nature, where it is faid that one female lays fifty eggs. " Theeggs of the oftrich are confidered as a great delicacy. They are prepared in a variety of ways ; but that made ufe of by the Hottentots it perfwp» Berrow'í Travels In Southern Africa. 22 î • . • '• »... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1848 - 412 páginas
...the nest to contain more than they could conveniently cover. " The eggs of the ostrich are considered a great delicacy. They are prepared in a variety of...continually round till they acquire the consistence of an omelet ; prepared in this manner we very often, in the course of our long journeys over the wilds of... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1850 - 484 páginas
...knowing the ostrich to be polygamous, an error respecting this bird has slipt into the System* Naturaa, where it is said that one female lays fifty eggs. " The eggs of the ostrich are considered aa a great delicacy. They are prepared in a variety of ways ; but that made use of by the Hottentots... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1864 - 458 páginas
...nest to contain more than they could conveniently cover. '• The eggs of the ostrich are considered a great delicacy. They are prepared in a variety of...Hottentots is perhaps the best : it is simply to bury them iu hot ashes, and through a small hole made in the upper end to stir the contents continually round... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams, Hector Giacomelli - 1878 - 472 páginas
...to Barrow, — and he is confirmed by later travellers, — the eggs of the ostrich are considered a great delicacy. They are prepared in a variety of...continually round till they acquire the consistence of an omelet. " Prepared in this manner," says Barrow, " we very often, in the course of our long journeys... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1850 - 714 páginas
...to be polygamous, an error respecting this bird has slipt into the Systema Naturae, where it is eaid that one female lays fifty eggs. " The eggs of the...through a small hole made in the upper end to stir the contenta continually round till they acquire the consistence of an omlet : preparea in this manner... | |
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The eggs of the ostrich are considered as a great delicacy. They are prepared in a variety of ways ; but that made use of by the Hottentots is perhaps the best : it is simply to bury them in hot ashes, and through a small hole made in the upper end, to... 