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n.iways jilaco mine, liencriop n.nd all^ near a plot of caljljages, 

 go. isel)fri'i('s, or raspljerricSj wliere thovliave good covert and 

 feeding, and, afjove all, are jDroteeted from any injniy at 

 uiglit during' tlie period of their jugging ijn tlie gi-oiiud, 

 wliieli tliey do for some time befin'e tbev fly up to I'oost. 

 By feeding them at the coops four ur five times a day, they 

 will stay in the garden nntil fndy feathered, and aide to fly 

 over the wall \.n the adjacent covei'ts. I have had hen 

 jiheasants that m^'sted m the garden and hatched under 

 gooseberry bushes, coming to my whistle to feed I'egidarly 

 every morning. If the y(uing birds are put (jut into the covert, 

 the hen and coo]i ('as in the garden) shtadd liebriaiglir with 

 them, and 1 iid in a i-iile close to snme verv thick covert; they 

 should )je led thei'e about fmtr tiuie^ >i dav, beginning earh' 

 in the morning, and dinnnishing as the birds grow strong. 

 I feed them at this period on ciaished wheat and liarley, 

 boiled ]iotatoes chopped tine, soino fioiled rice and curds, all 

 mixed together." 



A very ve.\ed (piesti.m with regard tn rearing of the 

 young liirds is the supply of water. Sonte very practical 

 keepers give no water whatever; others give a vei'v little; 

 whilst a thii-d set keep up an abundant stipply. 1 am stronglv 

 of opinion that iu this, a,s iu all othor respects, we cannot 

 possibly do better than take nature ior our guide, ^\'hen 

 hatched out naturally, there is no ilonbt that the birds obtain 

 a plentiful supply of water. flven when there is no rain, the 

 cloudless skies are productive of heavy dews, and the yming 

 birds may be seen drinking the glistening drops off the grass 

 in the early morning. Some persons niaintain that the (jva 

 of the gapeworm are taken in with the water gathered IViim 

 dewdrops on the gr;iss ; others suggest tha.t they occur in 

 rtuii-water, but there is no foundation for either of these 

 theorii\s, as the disease is strictly local, which would not lie 

 the case if it were dissemintited by a flying insect, bv dew 

 or rain-water, or by any animals inh;diitii)L;' rnnniiit.;- \vater. 

 ^lueh evil is produced by allowing the youni;- ]dieasatits fo 



