THE HGBOJT-HOTJSE, 



teiing in the meshes.' " 



S trees — so.' ,He gave a tug to a short 

 cord, and immediately the wall of 

 nets, which was balanced with 

 great stones, feU ia a mass to the 

 gronnd. 



" ' Monsieur will be good enough 

 to imagine that the birds are £ut- 



IHE PIGEON-HOUSE. 



If the number of pigeons you intend keeping be but few, say 

 ten or a dozen, a very good habitation may be constructed by 

 securely fixing a light flour barrel on the end of a stout pole 

 Ton can hardly have the pole too high, but very good shift 

 may be made with one measuring twenty -five feet, which will 

 allow of six or seven feet of the stout end being sunk in the 

 .ground. Stout rails of beeeh should be nailed at intervals of 

 nine inches to the summit of the pole, projecting six inches on 

 either side so as to form a ladder. Securely fixed to' the top of 

 the pole, and pendant on either side of it to the ground, should 

 be a substantial rope to make ascent and descent more easy. A 

 much more secure and easy way, however, pnd one less likely 

 to lead to awkward tumbhng, is to have a capacious tabe, say 

 a sufficient length of ironing-stove pipe run through the length 

 of the barrel, so that it will slide easily up and down the sup- 

 porting pole. Across the top of the pole should be screwed a 

 cross piece, to each end of which must be attached a puUey. 

 A rope passes over each pulley and is attached to each side of 

 the barrel by a staple. By this means the barrel may be easily 

 hauled up or lowered at pleasure. 



