5G OUR DOMESTIC FOWLS. 



their larger companions. On this apparatus 

 Reaumur afterwards made several improve- 

 ments, with a view to convenience, and the 

 safety of the young brood. Another appara- 

 tus consisted of a stove inclosed with netting 

 for safety, surrounded by a sort of covered run, 

 into which the brood could enter for warmth. 

 The warmth of the stove served also to hatch 

 fresh broods, the eggs being ranged over it.* 



To the apparatus intended fur young ducks 

 or geese an additional compartment of turf 

 sloping to a small pond was requisite. 



In our islandf many different breeds of 

 fowls are distinguished, prized by amateurs, 

 and several counties have been long celebrated 

 for the size and excellency of their poultry ; 

 as for example, Sussex and Surrey. The 

 Sussex fowls are of large size and fine flavour, 

 but inclined to be long in the body. The 

 breed around Dorking, in Surrey, is of great 

 antiquity, and supposed by some to have been 

 introduced by the Romans. A pure Dorking 



* Some breeders of fowls in England use artificial mothers 

 for their brood hatched in the natural way, and they may be 

 resorted to very advantageously when any accident has happened 

 to the hen. 



t France has, in the peninsula of Caux, a peculiar and valued 

 breed of fowls, which are fattened in the environs of Barbfizieux 

 La FlOche, and especially Mans, for the table. 



