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occur to any extent, except with a dancing, prancing 

 bird, and that sort of creature should be banished in 

 favour of a quieter one. 



The best manner of fixing the tethering string to 

 the leg of a hen is as in fig. 16. To protect a row of 

 hens at night see fig. 17. A rearing field may be 

 guarded on each side in a similar manner.* 



* A shorter wire, arranged as in fig. 17 (about 12 yards long), is an 

 admirable way of bestowing exercise on any dogs you possess, parti- 

 cularly in regard to young ones, that are kennelled in the open. 



