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bis forehead. "The flock jost now surprised most have 

 cried out: * What is this animal ?* <A dog,' would be the 

 answer of the most knowing among them. 'Fly, my 

 friends, fly f he would cry ; 'dogs are always accompanied 

 by men, and men have guns.' 'A gun ! whafs that ? 'A 

 machine that goes bman and kffls turkeys.' Then I make 

 my appearance; they bustle about, fly away,and spread in 

 every direction ; but my gun had time to go bourn and to 

 kfll this beautiful bird." 



I need scarcely say what mirth was eicited by this ac- 

 count While returning to our bivouac, Sumkhrast told 

 Lucien that the turkey is a natire of America, and that it 

 was introduced by the Jesuits into Europe, where it 

 flourished wefl. In a domestic state, the color of its plum- 

 age altered to a reddish, a white, and % gray and black 

 color. But it never lost the habit of walking about in 

 flocks, and of laying its eggs in thickets, in a shapeless nest, 

 which the young chicks leave the second day after they are 

 hatched. Lastly, the Aztec name of the turkey Wofc-is 

 applied by the Indians to simpletons and cowards. 



Lucien then told I r ncuerado about the magpie and the 

 amphisbaena. 



"You killed a maquiz coaO* two-headed serpent !" 

 cried the Indian. 



" I only wounded it, for it got away; bat it had only one 



Cftd." 



-Then yon didn't examine it thoroughly; for it would 

 not turn round when it crawled away." 



"I did not notice. I saw h leap up in the air, and that 

 was alL" 



Hare yon searched well under the stones? Let us go 

 back; the skin of the maquiz coaO, enables the bond to see. 

 Why did yon let it escape?" 



"Oh! we shall be sure to find another.'* 



