54 THE BIRDS OF CALCUTTA. 



increase and multiply to a greater extent. Suitable house 

 accommodation in the shape of large joints of bamboo put 

 up near his usual haunts and in places inaccessible to ene 

 mies, and a few cockroaches or crickets put out where he 

 can easily catch them, would probably make him very 

 ready to enter into friendly relations with the giver of 

 such kind assistance, and then we should have a better 

 chance of appreciating his good qualities than is afforded 

 us at present. 



