KEEPING TAME PHEASANTS. 



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skill is required for this, and where it is not acquired, 

 fumigation with the vapour of spirit of turpentine will 

 succeed nearly as well. This is done as follows: A box 

 containing two compartments (fig. 96) is framed of wood; 



Tig. 96. 



INHALER FOR GAPES. 



one of these is large enough to contain the pheasant, and 

 has a door, provided with a loaded valve c, which opens 

 and shuts in unison with another valve d by means of a 

 rod between them; h allows of the escape of the vapour, 

 which enters through the opening below c. In the other 

 chamber is a spirit lamp , a saucer containing the spirit 

 of turpentine b, placed upon a wire gauze partition, so that 

 the vapour from it shall not be lighted by the flame of the 

 lamp; e is a small pulley, round which a cord passes 

 from the upper valve d, to the hand of the operator, who is 

 stationed at/ where he can watch the bird, and at the same 

 time cause it to keep its head towards the opening where 

 the vapour enters; g is an opening for the entrance of 

 a current of air to pass with the vapour into the second 

 chamber. When the pheasant is to be operated on, it is 

 first placed in the box, the lamp is then set going, and the 

 cord /pulled tight, by which the vapour is compelled to 

 enter beneath the valve c, and this is continued until the 



