The hosstritch iz a citizen ov the dessart, and lay an egg about the
size ov a man's hed the next day after he haz been on a bumming
excursion.
They resemble in size, and figger about 15 shanghi roosters at once, and
are chiefly important for the feathers which inhabit their tails.
The hosstritch are hunted on hossbak, and they kan trot a mile kluss to
3 minnitts.
They lay their eggs in the sand, and i think the heat ov the sand
hatches them out.
They ain't bilt right for hatchin out eggs, enny more than a large-sized
figger 4 iz.
I don't kno whether their eggs are good tew eat or not, but i guess not
for i never have seen ham and hosstritch eggs advertised on enny ov our
fashionable bills ov fare.
Biled hosstritch may be nourishing and may be not; I think this would
depend a good deal upon who waz called upon tew eat it.
I shan't never enquire for biled hosstritch az long az i remain in mi
right mind.
If the hosstritch iz a blessing tew the dessert country I hope they will
stay thare, for so long as we hav the turkey buzzard, and the Sandy Hill
Crane, I feel az tho we could git along, and endure life.
I am writing this essa on the hosstritch a good deal by guess, for i hav
never seen them in their natiff land, nor never mean to, for jist so
long az i kan git 3 meals a day, and liv whare grass groze, and water
runs, i don't mean tew hanker for hot sand.