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been possible for any one cognizajit of the true sioni- 

 ficance of the 7iodul€s to recognise the nature of the 

 disease even without bacteriological examination. To 

 such a one the condition of this second bird would of 

 course have made the first case one of suspicion, but 

 if this second bird had not been sent with the other 

 and this latter had been examined in the way gener- 

 ally accounted sufficient, it is easy to realize the pitfall 

 which would have been open to the feet of an unwary 

 or an imperfectly equipped examiner. 



{To be contiTtued.) 



8 



XTurquoisines. 



By the Rev. C. D. Farrar. 



OME few weeks ago I read the following 

 adverisement in the Exchange and Mart : 

 " Wanted, a pair of Turquoisines, must be 

 perfect and cheap." I laughed as I read it. 

 Only that verj^ day a rich friend had written and 

 offered me £io for a hen, and here was a man wanting 

 a pair cheap ! I wondered what he would consider a 

 reasonable price. I do not thnk he got many answers. 

 Need I say that Turquoisines are to-day among the 

 rarest of the rare ? Why, I do not know. 



Twenty years ago — ah, me ! how quickly the 

 waters of life slip under the bridge of Time ? — twenty 

 j'Cars ago I had a sailor brother-in-law who used to go 

 to Australia and bring me home birds. I knew but 

 little about birds in those far off days, and they say 

 you never realize your blessings until you no longer 

 have them. It was so in my case. One vo3^age 

 he brought me some little Grass Parrakeets from 

 Sydnej^ which he called Turquoisines. He told me 

 he gave seven shillings and sixpence each for them. 

 What would I not give now if only I had them ! I 



