https://archive.org/stream/b28773524_0005#page/59/mode/1up page 59 The Emu, though not ſo as large as the oſtrich, is only ſecond to it in magnitude. It is by much the largeſt bird in the New Continent; and is generally found to be ſix feet high, meaſuring from its head to the ground. […] https://archive.org/stream/b28773524_0005#page/60/mode/1up page 60 [T]he emu runs with ſuch a ſwiftneſs, that the fleeteſt dogs are thrown out in the purſuit.