110 Useless. 



It will readily appear why, although we 

 were perfectly satisfied with our success in 

 hatching a considerable number of eggs 

 artificially, we did not yet wish to continue 

 the practice. The fact is, tliere is no ade- 

 quate motive in this country, where a quan- 

 tity of poultry, fully equal, and even 

 superior to the demand may be raised by 

 the natural means : were it otherwise, there 

 is no doubt but the artificial process might 

 be conducted here with sufficient success, 

 and to the immense multiplication of do- 

 mestic fowls of every description, an ade- 

 quate expenditure in houses and attend- 

 ants being presupposed. On a first con- 

 sideration of the subject, indeed, a great 

 apparent difficulty may present, of obtain- 

 ing a sufficient quantity of eggs ; but the 

 case is parallel, at any rate, to a certain 

 degree, in Egypt, where, notwithstanding, 

 such an obstacle has never impeded the 

 practice. This view is, in all likelihood, 

 appropriate to France, equally with Eng- 

 land. No person, then, will attempt arti- 



