where we found an egg of a roe, equal in size to that I formerly mentioned.
There was a young roc it just ready to be hatched, and its bill had begun to appear.
The merchants whom I had taken on board, and who landed with me, broke the egg with hatchets, and made a hole in it, pulled out the young roc piecemeal, and roasted it. I had earnestly intreated them not to meddle with the egg, but they would not listen to me.
Scarcely had they finished their repast,
where we found an egg of a roe, equal in size to that I formerly mentioned.
There was a young roc it just ready to be hatched, and its bill had begun to appear.
The merchants whom I had taken on board, and who landed with me, broke the egg with hatchets, and made a hole in it, pulled out the young roc piecemeal, and roasted it. I had earnestly intreated them not to meddle with the egg, but they would not listen to me.
Scarcely had they finished their repast,
