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began to complain of being tired. As for the bustard, she walked, led by a string.
Our course lay through a wood of majestic oaks, and the ground was covered with acorns, upon which numerous birds seemed to subsist. This we gathered from the wild and discordant cries of several sorts of jays and parrots, which were hopping merrily among the foliage and the branches.
We arrived shortly at Falcon Stream, and finished the exertions of the day with a good supper, and after making a comfortable bed for the bustard by the side of the flamingo, we stretched our weary limbs upon our beds in the giant tree. |
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