CHAPTER IV. 
On Birds. 
MANY species of Birds, of surpassing beauty, 
have been brought by travellers from foreign 
countries, and have been domesticated here ; 
and the skins of others, (whose tender nature 
unfits them for our colder climate), have been 
brought home and preserved. Thus, toa great 
extent, we possess the fine varieties of the fea- 
thered creation belonging to tropical climates. 
THE process to be observed in taking the 
skin from birds, is not at all difficult; but it 
would greatly facilitate the acquiring dexterity 
in the art, to see the operation once or twice 
performed by a skilful practitioner. 
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