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from the certainty with which they find their home where 

 they were bred, and that, in some cases, from an ahnost in- 

 credible distance. When, however, the training these birds 

 undergo is explained, the experience thereby attained, their 

 powers of vision uninterrupted from the elevation they take, 

 and some recollection of prominent objects with their bearing 

 upon the locality of the desired point, the difficulty is greatly 

 diminished. These birds are generally bred in lofts at 

 the top of the house, from whence, when able, the young 

 birds accompany their parents in their daily excursions 

 around, and thus learn to distinguish their own roof from 

 any other. The further directions are thus given in a 

 work on Fancy Pigeons : — 



