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the whole time, with all the devoted attention 

 of a lover ; sometimes taking her place, where 

 as Goldsmith says, "he sits with great state 

 and composure :" and if another goose should 

 be hatching at the same time, their nests 

 may be placed adjoining to each other. 



Incubation lasts only fi-om four weeks to 

 thirty days : which we must particularly 

 notice, as no less than three treatises have 

 been recently published, each stating "the 

 period of incubation to be tico months ; which, 

 if relied upon as a fact, might lead inex- 

 perienced breeders into error. The mistake, 

 however — if such it can be called— has been 

 taken from a prolix work translated some 

 years ago from the French, and from which 

 large extracts have been unhesitatingly 

 copied, even without acknowledgment, by 

 the writers to whom we have alluded ; though 

 the adoption of so gross a blunder evidently 

 proves them to be practically ignorant of 

 the subject. 



No other care is necessary for the pre- 

 servation of the young gulls than that of the 

 treatment already explained concerning the 

 chickens of hens and turkeys, for although 



