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used to tumble more than they do at 

 the present time ; every circle they 

 took they would all tumble together, 

 and some of them would roll five or 

 six yards in fact, I have seen them 

 roll down to the ground and kill 

 themselves. At the present time a 

 kit of good birds is seldom seen to 

 tumble. Fanciers have crossed the 

 tumbling breed with birds which do 

 not tumble, and by so doing have 

 bred birds which do not tumble. 

 This method has made a wonderful 

 difference to the time of flying. 

 Birds can now fly seven or eight 

 hours without the slightest indication 

 of fatigue. 



The spring of the year is the best 

 time for flying:. On a spring morn- 

 ing, when the sun is shining and the 

 sky is clear, I have flown a kit of 

 birds nine hours, many a time ; but 

 they were carefully trained from a 

 select lot. I have flown many kits 

 clean away. 



