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should lose money by it. The amusement may 

 chance to prove a very fine' investment. He 

 has only to make his mark in the breed he has 

 taken up, and he will seldom have cause to 

 grumble at being overstocked. Mr. W. B. 

 Tegetmeier, a Dragon- Fancier, never paid a 

 higher price than 7s. 6d. for a bird, yet he has 

 bred birds and sold them for as much as £2^ 

 each. 



