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The framework should be made so as to fit exactly in 

 between the two projecting flanges, which will be 

 found on the under side of the board of every coop ; 

 this will keep the coops and their contents secure, 

 firm, and free from shaking on the journey. Three 

 coops will go parallel in a row, and twenty-one or 

 more coops can thus easily be transported by night to 

 the covert which is to be their future abode. If the 

 distance that the birds have to travel be not of any very 

 great extent, a hand-barrow, or bier with four handles, 

 to be carried by two men, will be found an easy and safe 

 method of removal ; or each single coop can be taken 

 up in turn and carried off by the keeper. If water 

 be given to the birds in the woods, continue to 

 use the camphor, but rain and dew will generally 

 suffice. 



Put the young birds in their coops on to the open 

 rides, or among the springs and coppices in the covert, 

 taking care not to select too thick vegetation for their 

 first asylum. If you are short of boards, and the same 

 will be required for use again at once, they can be 

 withdrawn as the coops are set down, packed in a 

 bundle, and taken home again ; otherwise the bottom 

 board may well be left until the morning. As to the 

 boards in front, it will be best to lean them out at an 

 angle from the top of the coop, leaving a space of five 

 or six inches at the bottom for the young birds to crawl 

 out through in the morning; they will walk out 

 quietly, and so feel more at home. The next day you 



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