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brtd in them : they become putrid, and emit 

 ti difagreeable and unwholefome ftcnch, very 

 injurious to the inhabitants of the dove-cot. — 

 Pigeons are tenacious of their nefls, as appears 

 from the condudl: of the wood-pigeon, which 

 will breed for years in the fame tree, and the 

 mother forfakes hers with regret : but, unable 

 to endure the filth and ftench of her dead ofF- 

 fpring, Ihe is obliged to quit the eggs fhe has 

 laid for a fecond brood ; and the prime of the 

 feafon is loft. Every fummer, immediately af- 

 ter the firft flight, the neftslhould be ail clean- 

 ed out, and the dung totally taken away, as it 

 breeds filth. But remember to do this bufinefs 

 early in the morning. You ought likewife to 

 deftroy the remafningeggs, and make a perfedl- 

 ly clean habitation for the harveft flight. 



Pigeons are profitable and ufeful. Although 

 they be fuppofed to do much mifchief in feed- 

 time and harvefl-, I contend that the farmer is 

 a gainer by them, and repeat my aflfertion that 

 they are both profitable and ufeful. They make 

 an extraordinarily good manure, whic'h, if work- 

 ed op into a compoft, inftead of being ufcd ift 

 the prelcnt flovenly way, would be of ftill more 



value 



