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WANDERINGS IN CHINA. 
Char IV. 
about fourteen days more, when the young ducks burst 
their shells, and the shed teems with life. These shelves 
are large, and capable of holding many thousands of 
eggs ; and when the hatching takes place, the sight is 
not a little curious. The natives who rear the young 
ducks in the surrounding country know exactly the day 
when they will be ready for removal, and in two days 
after the shell is burst the whole of the little creatures 
are sold, and conveyed to their new quarters. 
