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the  authority  of  our  informants,  it  having  been  our  good  fortune  to  be  void 
of  opportunities  for  putting  it  to  a  practical  test  personally  since  it  was 
proposed  to  us.  Still,  no  harm  will  be  done  by  making  the  trial  when 
suitable  cases  crop  up,  and  a  preventive  or  remedy  for  the  vice  is  worth  some 
trouble  to  discover. 
In  like  manner,  being  advocates  of  the  simple  life,  we  must  admit  the 
soft  impeachment  of  having  but  little  practical  experience  of  the  use  of  flesh 
AN   INGENIOUS   ARRANGEMENT   FOR   GIVING    CANARIES  VAPOUR  BATHS. 
Fig.  I.     Vapour  Cabinet  for  giving  Canaries  inhalations  or  vapour  baths.    Note  the  door  is  cut  short  at  the  bottom 
to  allow  access  of  air  to  the  lamp  for  the  purpose  of  proper  combustion. 
Fig.  II.    Wire  trestle  to  hold  vessel  containing  liquid  for  inhalation,  so  the  lamp  may  be  placed  underneath. 
Fig.  III.   An  ordinary  travelling  cage,  with  the  bottom  removed  and  strips  of  wood  nailed  across  in  its  place,  ready 
for  the  use  of  the  little  patient  to  be  subjected  to  a  vapour  bath,  or  inhalation. 
meat  in  any  form  as  a  part  of  Canaries'  diet.  When  given  in  the  form  of 
crissel  and  similar  preparations  of  meat,  even  in  small  proportions,  the  cages 
are  very  apt  to  become  malodorous  through  offensive  evacuations,  so  that  we 
never  continued  the  regime  long  enough  to  express  any  dogmatic  opinion 
about  it. 
So  much  having  been  written  concerning  the  feeding  stuffs  and  diet  in 
general,  a  menu  for  each  important  period  of  the  year  will  help  to  simplify 
matters  for  the  fancier.    The  winter  months  will  form  the  most  convenient 
