The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . res of Sargonand elsewhere, there are but three which any writerhas ventured to identify—the vulture, the ostrich,and the partridge. The vulture is commonly repre-sented flying in the air, in attendance upon the march and the battle—sometimes de-vouring, as he flies, the entrailsof one of Assyrias he appears uponthe battle-field, perched uponthe bodies of the slain, andpecking at their eyes or their vitals.^ The ostrich,which
The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . res of Sargonand elsewhere, there are but three which any writerhas ventured to identify—the vulture, the ostrich,and the partridge. The vulture is commonly repre-sented flying in the air, in attendance upon the march and the battle—sometimes de-vouring, as he flies, the entrailsof one of Assyrias he appears uponthe battle-field, perched uponthe bodies of the slain, andpecking at their eyes or their vitals.^ The ostrich,which we know from Xenophon to have been a former inhabitant of thecountry on the left bankof the Euphrates,^ butwhich has now retreatedinto the wilds of Arabia, Vulture feeding on Corpse (Koyunjik). QCCUrS frequently UpOU cylinders, dresses, and utensils ; sometimes stalkingalong apparently unconcerned ; sometimes hasteningat full speed, as if pursued by thehunter, and, agreeably to the descrip-tion of Xenophon, using its wing for asail.^ The partridge isstill more common thaneither of these. He isevidently sought as foodWe find him carried in.
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