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is no easy matter to pronounce finally 

 whether their introduction is advisable 

 or not ; only, when so many close and 

 accurate observers pronounce against them 

 from personal experience, a feeling of mis- 

 trust is naturally engendered. That their 

 introduction has in many instances been 

 attended with evil consequences is beyond 

 doubt, only the question remains as to 

 how far these failures are attributable to 

 mismanagement and mistakes on the part 

 of those responsible for turning them 

 down. 



Hungarians are practically indis- 

 tinguishable from our own partridges, and 

 may be bought either in the egg or as 

 full-grown birds. While eggs involve 

 less initial outlay, they are probably just 

 as expensive in the long-run, and buying 

 the birds direct has the advantage of 

 being the more certain method of the 

 two, besides ensuring a change of blood 

 in the first year. 



Particular care and attention are 

 absolutely essential in dealing with 



