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an idea of the busmes--, and not be too complicated for 

 persons employed in poultry yards fully to understand. 

 Bui to prevent trouble and prejudice in the fir^t outset. I 

 think It necessary to remark, that if the chickens do not 

 readily run under the arUlicial mothei for want ofsu.iie edu- 

 cated ones to teach them, it \vili be proper to have the cur- 

 tain iu front made of rabbit or hare skin, with the fur side 

 outwards, for the warmth and comfort to attract them ; after- 

 wards they run under the flannel ones, similar to the one I 

 sent, which are preferable for conmnon use, on account of 

 cleanliness, and not being liable to get into the mouths of 

 the chickens. 



I have had great amusement in rearing poultry in the 

 above way ; and if my time was not occupied with my chil- 

 dren and other family concerns, I should most assuredly 

 farm very largely in poultry. 



I have the honour to be, sir, 



Sion-hlll, your most obedient servant. 



May 20, 1807. HaNNAH D'OyLEY. 



To Charles Taylor, M.D. Sec. 



Reference to the Engravings of Mrs. D'Oylty's Method of 

 breeding Poulli-y. Plate IV., Fig. 5, C, "• 



Fig. 5. The apparatus called the artificial mother, with a 

 curtain of green baize in front and ends, and holes through 

 the top to allow the circulation of air. . 



Fig. 6. Another view of the' artificial mother, but with- 

 out the curtain, in order to show its sloping direction, and 

 interior lining of wooUv sheen-skin. 



Fig. 7. A wicker basket four feet long, two feet broad, 

 and fourteen inches high, with a lid to open, and a wooden 

 -liding bottom similar to a bird cage : the artificial mother 

 i-- shown, as placed within it. 



0. A trough in front to hold food for the chickens. 



XXIV. On 



