150 ANIMAL FOOD RESOURCES OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. 



rabbits from 1 fr. 95 c. to 3 fr. 60c., partridges from 

 2 fr. 10c. to 2 fr. 80c., and hares from 5 fr. 30c. to 6 fr.. 

 Pheasants, upon the other hand, have slightly fallen in 

 price, from 6 fr. 90c. in 1873, to 6 fr. 25c. The largest 

 portion of the poultry and game consumed in Paris 

 comes from the provinces, but 1,200,000 pigeons, 40,000 

 quails, 24,000 turkeys, and 20,000 fowls came from 

 Italy; 230,000 hares, 11,000 deer, and 200 wild boars 

 from Germany; and a great number of partridges, 

 woodcock, and snipe from Spain. Most of the game 

 and poultry condemned as unfit for food are sold, 

 according to the report published by the Inspector of 

 Markets, by the railway companies, and this is accounted 

 for by so many boxes of game and poultry being unclaimed 

 or having had the addresses rubbed off. The contents 

 are then sold, and, as may be imagined, they are 

 generally very " high." 



Summarising the total annual value of poultry in 

 France we arrive at the following figures : — 



When we consider that we derive from France poultry 

 to the value of £130,000, and eggs to the value of 

 £3,100,000, besides eggs from other European States, 

 which bring up the total to close upon £9,000,000 

 yearly, the poultry trade of the Continent assumes large 

 proportions. 



The consumption of poultry in Chili is very large. 

 There is not a family, rich or poor, that has not its 

 boiled fowl (poule k pot or cazuela) at least once Or 

 twice a week. It is therefore no exaggeration to esti- 

 mate the number of fowls, ducks, and pigeons at two 

 millions, and these average in value about lOd. each. 



