Wednesday, 16 February. 2011
We are tken to an ostrich farm. I don't know why; the birds are horrible, look bedraggled and I could not be persuaded to taste their meat nor admire-let alone buy- the handbags made from their skin. They had their uses though, In 1920 their feathers were fashionable., the 'marabous'. The simple folk who farmed them made a fortune which they used to build oppulent houses in Victorian style. We stayed in one , La Plume. Magnificent
We are tken to an ostrich farm. I don't know why; the birds are horrible, look bedraggled and I could not be persuaded to taste their meat nor admire-let alone buy- the handbags made from their skin. They had their uses though, In 1920 their feathers were fashionable., the 'marabous'. The simple folk who farmed them made a fortune which they used to build oppulent houses in Victorian style. We stayed in one , La Plume. Magnificent
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