. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. OSTJilCS FEATHERS. 229 mentioned in far more remote ages, appearing on tlie Egyptian hieroglypliical monuments, tliey are spoken of as shoo, and they were used by the Egyptians as emblems of justice, from the webs bein- equally balanced and of equal width on each side of the shaft. '• Warriors," says Mr. Halting, " wore Ostrich plumes in their helmets from a very early date. In the comedy of ' Acliarnenses,' which was. represented in the Theatre of Bacchus at Athens ( 425), Aristophanes depicted a general called Lamach
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. OSTJilCS FEATHERS. 229 mentioned in far more remote ages, appearing on tlie Egyptian hieroglypliical monuments, tliey are spoken of as shoo, and they were used by the Egyptians as emblems of justice, from the webs bein- equally balanced and of equal width on each side of the shaft. '• Warriors," says Mr. Halting, " wore Ostrich plumes in their helmets from a very early date. In the comedy of ' Acliarnenses,' which was. represented in the Theatre of Bacchus at Athens ( 425), Aristophanes depicted a general called Lamachoo, who carried two beautiful white Ostrich feathers in his helmet; while both the Greek Theophrastes (Hist. Plant, iv., .5) and the Roman Pliny clearly indicate that Ostrich feathers were thus used in their ; The noble Roman ladies are said to have kept domesticated birds for the purpose of riding, and still earlier the Egyptian Queen Arsinoe, who lived some time before the cele- brated Cleopatra, had her statue erected on Helicon, in which she was represented as ridiu^ en an. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, P. Martin (Peter Martin), 1821-1891; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. London [etc] Cassell & Company, Limited
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