Show HOW THE BUSHMEN OBTAIN OSTRICHES A favorite method adopted by the wild bushman for approaching approach in the ostrich and other varieties gf of game is to c othe clothe I 1 himself in the skin of one of f these birds in which taking 0 care of the wind he stalks about the plain c cunningly I 1 imitating in the gait and motions of the ostrich until within range when with well directed poisoned arrow from his tiny bow he can generally grene rally seal the fate of any of the ord ordinary inari varieties of game these insignificant looking arrows are about two feet six inches in leno lenoth length th they consist of a slender reed with a sharp bone bone head thoroughly poisoned with a composition of which the principal ingredients are obtained sometimes from a succulent herb having thick leaves yielding a poisonous I 1 milky juice and sometimes from the laws jaws of snakes the bow barely exceeds three feet in length its string is of twisted sinews when a bushman finds an 0 ost richs nest he ensconced ensconces ens conces himself in it and there awaits the return of the old birds by which means he generally secures the pair it is by means of these little arrows that the majority of the fine plumes are obtained which grace the heads of the fair throughout the civilized world A hunters life in south africa |