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the date of application; on the day wished, I 

 select the eggs myself, and superintend the pack- 

 ing of them. 



This is the form of hamper used (fig. 15); they 

 are made by my own gardeners, and answer the 

 purpose admirably. 



Hftlfi, 



1 wish I could say, all the eggs sent in them 

 hatched well, but this I cannot. 



Purchasers, however, should make themselves 

 aw fait in the treatment of travelled eggs, as the 

 sender is often unjustly blamed, 



T have sent eggs to the Bahamas (which hatched 

 in the proportion of 8 to 1 3); also to Ireland and 

 Shetland; these all did well, while others, not 

 carried a mile, failed. 



