Besides, it has happened more than once that hunters have been deceived like you, and in the best faith in the world." What the American said was very plausible.

Between an ostrich of great height and a giraffe of medium height, seen at a certain distance, it is easy to make a mistake.

If it were a question of a beak or a nose, both are none the less joined to the end of a long neck turned backward, and, strictly speaking, it may be said that an ostrich is only a half giraffe.

It only needs the hind legs.

Then, this biped and this quadruped, passing rapidly, on a sudden may, very properly, be taken one for the other.
Besides, the best proof that Mrs.Weldon and the others were mistaken was that there are no giraffes in America.
Dick Sand then made this reflection: "But I believed that ostriches were not met with in the New World any more than giraffes." "Yes, my young friend," replied Harris; "and, indeed, South America possesses a peculiar species.