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door is opened, there will be no danger of suffo- 

 cation. If, however, any should appear to be 

 more exhausted than the rest, or than is requi- 

 site, they should be taken out, and they will soon 

 recover when removed from the smoke. We 

 have found that the longer the chickens are 

 confined in the smoke the better, but that a 

 certain degree of density is required to destroy 

 the worms by its caustic quality. As dense a 

 smoke, therefore, as the chickens can continue to 

 exist in is best, and the criterion is stupefaction 

 and the loss of the use of their legs ; when that 

 effect appears, no more smoke should be intro- 

 duced. 



(( As soon, however, as the chickens recover 

 the use of their legs, they may be suffered to 

 remain in the fumigating box for two or three 

 hours ; but remembering that the inhaling of a 

 large quantity of smoke in half an hour will be 

 more effectual than a whole day confined in a 

 small quantity." * 



An object of the first importance with all who 

 are anxious to increase their stock of pheasants, 

 is to procure a good supply of fresh eggs. I have 

 already expressed an opinion that even the out- 

 lying nests, if not exposed to the most imminent 



* Supplement to the ' Ornithological Dictionary ' Article 

 ' Pheasant.' 



