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AND LOWER EGYPT. I37
make plumes, and taking their fat, which they
use in their cookery. They likewise bring into
the towns many ostrich's eggs, which are very
good eating, and so large, that one is a sufficient
meal for a man. These eggs, suspended under
the vaulted roofs, are one of the most common
ornaments of the Mahometan mosques, and of
the Greek and Cophtic churches.
make plumes, and taking their fat, which they
use in their cookery. They likewise bring into
the towns many ostrich's eggs, which are very
good eating, and so large, that one is a sufficient
meal for a man. These eggs, suspended under
the vaulted roofs, are one of the most common
ornaments of the Mahometan mosques, and of
the Greek and Cophtic churches.