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best dinners — more particularly as it comes 

 into high season just as game is going out. 

 Its usual weight may be taken at about five 

 pounds for the cock and a trifle less for the 

 hen, which is rather the more delicate of the 

 two. They are both invariably roasted : which 

 is no doubt proper, so far as regards the re- 

 lish of the pheasant, for boiling it would 

 destroy the game flavour ; but the pintada 

 does not possess so much of that as should 

 prevent her from being dressed in the same 

 manner as a hen-turkey. 



We fear that no plan which may be adopted 

 for the purpose of rearing these birds, and 

 endeavouring to retain them within the pre- 

 cincts of the poultry-yard, will be eflfectual ; 

 but, if tried, no directions can be more ap- 

 propriate than those of the ancient author to 

 whom we have alluded, and which we here- 

 with quote in his own quaint language — 

 " They require greate attendaunce, and yee 

 muste make theire courte somewhatte hye ; 

 sette alsoe wythe hordes agaynte the walles, 

 round about the courte, in length, and theire 

 pearche made soe to sitte where the sunne 

 may shine ; and closed all above and before 



