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building birds which we could imitate effectively 

 and cheaply, and which would at the same time be 

 quite light and portable. Our choice fell upon a 

 rubbish -heap such as farmers rake off the land 

 when cleaning it for a grass crop, and use as a 



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foundation for ricks. Our artificial tree-trunk had 

 pleased us so much that we at once set to work 

 upon the building of an imitation rubbish-heap. 

 This we constructed out of an old umbrella, to 

 each of the ribs of which I lashed a piece of 

 split bamboo four feet long. The whole was then 

 covered with light-brown holland, and when open 



