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lef'v, through the door of the upper room, 



whence it escapes through holes which are 



made in its roof. They also stop the doors 



of ihe under rooms, whilst the fire is lighted, 



that the air within may be sooner warmed 



by the heat communicated from the upper 



ones. These doors, as they are called, are 



only as so many holes to be stopped, which 



it is of importance to do closely and exactly ; 



thence it is more securely done with wads, 



or bundles of coarse tow, than wuth any 



kind of wood work. 



The heat of the air, in the inferior rooms, 



and consequently that of the eggs, would 



rise to an excessive degree, were the fire in 

 the gutters incessantly kept up. Father 



Sicard says, they keep it up only an hour in 

 the morning, and an hour at night, and that 

 they style these heatings, the dmner and 

 supper of the chickens : they receive how- 

 ever, two more meals according to Mcmco- 

 nys ; that is, a luncheon and afternconing, 

 the fire being hghted four times in a day. 

 This may depend on the temperature of the 

 air, as they have, in Egypt, eggs hatched 



