230 FARMING FOR LADIES. [chap, x. 



wythe lathes verie hie togetherre, about the 

 height of a pole from the earthe, well covered 

 alle over :" for it must be observed that they 

 cannot bear the close air of a warm fowl- 

 house. That in which they are to be kept 

 should be fronted with open laths, instead of 

 close boarding, and, as they roost high, they 

 should have lofty perches ; but the nests must 

 be placed in the manner already stated. 



Attempts have been repeatedly made to 

 domesticate the Pheasant by putting their 

 eggs under a common hen, and, as their 

 habits are very similar, it was imagined that 

 the trials would succeed ; but although the 

 chickens, when hatched, throve along with the 

 other poultry, yet, when arrived at a more 

 mature age, their natural propensity ever so 

 strongly leads them to seek their native woods, 

 that it has been found necessary to cover the 

 yard with a net to prevent them from escaping. 

 Notwithstanding which, a much read publica- 

 tion, when stating it, seriously goes on to say 

 — "that several acres of ground are required 

 to permit the birds a proper extent of range !" 

 As this, however, is too absurd to be acted 

 upon, the contrivance has been adopted of 



