boshman's

Updated: May 27, 2025

When it arrived, I cut it in pieces with a hatchet, and found that the chief portion of the structure consisted of a mass of Boshman's grass, without any mixture, but so compact and firmly basketed together as to be impenetrable to the rain. This is the commencement of the structure; and each bird builds its particular nest under this canopy.

Thomas Bingley - Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits