102 Modes of Hatching. 



I had often heard of such a treatise, and 

 being then much attached to breeding poul- 

 try, I had a strong desire to make trial of 

 the Egyptian mode of hatching the eggs. 

 I had, in fact, already commenced, and our 

 endeavours were stimulated and amply as- 

 sisted by the presence of such a guide. We 

 were however soon satisfied by a trial upon 

 a very small scale, and can in few words, 

 explain to the reader, both our process and 

 the reason for its discontinuance. 



There are two modes of heating the 

 EGGS ; through the means of fire, or stable 

 dung ; we made choice of the former. A 

 number of eggs, wrapped in wool, and 

 covered with flannel, in a common wicker 

 bottom sieve or riddle, were suspended 

 over a chafing dish of charcoal, in a chim- 

 ney were was no other fire. The chimney 

 skreen was constantly kept fast, in or- 

 der to concentrate the heat. It was a 

 small chimney, into the funnel of which the 

 wind did not set with any force, at least 

 at that time, and the heat was well retain- 

 ed as in a stove. We had no thermometer. 



