20 DEL AGO A BAY. 



increasing in the boiling process was to have 

 them cooked in securely tied bags, or else much 

 time would be wasted in cooking a second 

 supply. Poultry and eggs, unless you keep the 

 key of the fowl-house yourself, they are certain 

 to steal, either to sell or to eat. 



At one time I had fifty fowls, kept only for 

 eggs, as I have an aversion to killing for food. 

 They were almost all pretty specimens, many of 

 them a pale grey with brown crest ; all were 

 tame, and would feed from my hand, and it was 

 quite a pretty sight to see them trooping after 

 me in grave procession wherever I turned. Some 

 of the younger ones and one or two invalids 

 always perched on my shoulders or arms as soon 

 as I made my appearance, and then the cocks 

 would fly at me and kick me, thinking I was 

 taking too many liberties, I suppose. 



I often collected a large tinful of slugs for 

 them, which they highly appreciated, and used 

 to carry my invalids round the garden and allow 

 them to help themselves to the dainty, calling it 

 their oyster lunch. I tried to keep guinea-fowls 



