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THE PIGEON-FANCIER. 



general scatter, leaving two or three in posses- 

 sion to leisurely enjoy their bath. 



Three or four o'clock is the hour of evening 

 meal, which consists of peas, tares, wheat, and 

 dari. In the winter the wheat and dari are 

 replaced by rapeseed. About nine o'clock I 

 look round all the nests and lock up. I peep 

 in to see that all the squabs are fed for the 

 night. If I find one with an empty crop I soak 

 an osborne or milk biscuit to pulp in hot water, 

 and, by aid of a glass syringe, inject as much of it 

 into the crop as it will comfortably hold ; and, 

 if the youngster could speak and had manners 

 enough, I trow he would thank me for his supper. 



