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" Tu rearing tlie y(jmig J found that tlie very l)eHt ['(kkI I'oi- 

 them, and of wliich tliey were mest fond, was tlie larvie (it 

 the l)luebottle i\y, witli a (|iiautitv of whieh I always was 

 prepared prior to the yi.iuiig- being hatched. I tcjok eare to 

 have a constant supply durino- the seasnn by haiiLcing a. cow's 

 liver over a barrel, in the bottom of wliiidi was some brau or 

 sawdust, into whieh the imiggots dropprd. A fresh liver wms 

 hung up about once a week. In aildition to tlirse larva', the 

 young were supplied with potiitf>es, alum curd,* groats, and 

 Indian corn meal ; this last 1. found tlie\- were very F(.)ud of, 

 and It seemed to agrt^e with them ])art icularly well. It was 

 mixed into the form of soft (hiugli witli a little water, which 

 was all that \vas reipiired. ^idie\- were also constantlv suppliod 

 with gre(.m food, sucli as lettuce, wdieii tliey were iu the 

 a\'iary. Ibit the best way is to have a eoojt, railed in front, 

 into which they are put with the hen twenty-fours hours alter 

 they are hutched. This coop should be placed ii|)Ou a gravel 

 walk as near to the wimh.iws of the house as pl:)s^ible, so thiit 

 they may always be within observation; a small verdure 

 gai'den is the best possible locality, as the young have plenty 

 of range, with shelter under the Ijushes from both sun and 

 rain. In the instance which J have already alluded to, the 

 hen was alhjwed to range ab(.>ut six feet from the ci.iop, by 

 means of a small cord attaclied to a leather strap round one 

 of her legs, a,nd the otlier end tied to the coop; tlu' young 

 pheasants never •\\'a.ndered far from the hen, and ;dways caine 

 into the coop to remain with her at night. In front of each 

 coop a small frame was pint down,bo-xed round on thr(.'e sides, 

 without a bottom, and railed at top ; the open side w;is put 

 close to the coop, and the young birds could run thn.ingh the 

 ra.ils of the coop into tlie ench.ised space, and were sate from 

 tlie night attacks of cats, rats, &c. This frame was always 

 kept before the coops for the first few days after the young 



* Custard prepared as ileserilied at pa^e 121 will to found far superior 

 to curd. 



