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ground ; this will effectually stop anything 

 burrowing or getting in. The price of such 

 netting will be about thirteen-pence halfpenny 

 per yard. 



Pheasants in confinement must be treated 

 pretty much the same way as fowls ; there 

 must be sifted cinders, or a portion of the 

 ground turned up for them to bather in, and 

 some slacked lime or crushed oyster shells- 

 placed about to assist digestion and formation 

 of shell. 



Laurel, spruce firs, rhododendrons, pampas 

 grass, &c., should be planted for shelter ; but 

 there are many other evergreens I do not know 

 the name of which make capital cover. 



Supposing you buy from dealers, go to known 

 and respectable men, and choose young birds ; 

 they will give you both good eggs and good 

 birds. 



There are many dealers who are not to be 

 trusted, and purchasing from such is simply 

 throwing your, money away ; the eggs may have 

 been sat upon, and in buying them you are 

 often getting your own back again. I could 

 give you some amusing instances of this. 



