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ENGLISH COUNTRY LIFE. Containing Descrip- 



*-* tions of Country Life, of every Form, Manner, and Custom. 

 Sketches of Ploughmen, Sowers, Shepherds, Milkmaids, Haymakers, 

 Reapers, Gleaners, Swineherds, Foresters, Fishermen, Hunters, Gipsies. 

 Earth-stoppers, &c. &c. Wood Paintings of Wide Marshes, Windy 

 Wolds, Wild Woods, Ancient Forests, Parks, Chases, Thorpes, Granges, 

 &c. &c. Picturesque Roadside Resting-places, Country Churchyards, 

 Villages, Ferries, and Footpaths. Flowers of Spring, Summer, Autumn, 

 and Winter. Descriptions of British Birds, Animals, Reptiles, Insects, 

 and Fishes. Old and Modern May-day Games, Harvest Homes, and 

 Christmas Merry-makings. Rural Sports Nutting, Blackberrying, 

 Squirrel Hunting, Fox Hunting, Stag Hunting, Hare Coursing, Shoot- 

 ing, and Fishing. Riverside and Seaside Scenery ; with Pictures of 

 Sweet Spring-time, Long-leayed Summer, Golden Autumn, and Gloomy 

 Winter. By THOMAS MILLER, Author of "A Day in the Woods," 

 " Gideon Giles, " &c. With nearly 300 Illustrations by Birket Foster, 

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ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF DOMESTIC POULTRY. 



Edited by MARTIN DOYLE. With Twenty Illustrations, from 

 Designs by Weigall. Printed in Colours. 



This Work also includes the Treatment of Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, 

 Guinea Fowl, &c. ; and to show the practical nature of the Work,, the 

 following Contents are given : The History of the Origin of Domestic 

 Poultry The Process of Incubation and Progressive States of the Egg 

 The Selection of Stock for Breeding Methods of Hatching, Rearing, 

 and Feeding Chickens The Egyptian Artificial Mode of Hatching, and 

 our Modern Experiments The best Modes of Feeding, and the Result 

 of Experiments with various Kinds of Grain Places for Poultry -houses, 

 their Position, and the proper way of Housing Poultry Methods of 

 Fattening and Caponizing The Organs of Digestion explained, and the 

 Diseases to which Poultry are liable, with Advice for their Treatment, 

 as well as for Accidental Injury. 



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 its price every year. It is the most useful, practical, and complete book that has 

 ever been issued on domestic poultry. 



