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MODE OF BLOWING EGGS. 
thinks that copal varnish is better than mastic 
varnish for eggs. 
I have made an improvement in blowing larger 
kinds of eggs. I find that one hole is sufficient. When 
that hole is made, introduce a straight wire, with a 
little piece of dry cotton or thread tied round the 
end introduced. Then, holding the egg with the 
hole downwards, you use the wire, which acts as a 
piston, and forces a sufficient quantity of the con- 
tents of the egg out, to enable you to get out the 
rest by sudden jerks. This is a much longer process 
than blowing ; but you have the advantage of hav- 
ing only one hole in your egg, instead of two. 
MODE OF BLOWING EGGS. 
When I was at Bridlington last year, in order to 
acquire some certain knowledge of the water-fowl 
and their incubation, I made a discovery in the 
blowing of eggs which I think will please you, and 
which can be applied with great facility to eggs not 
smaller than those of the thrush. I made one small 
hole in the side of the egg, and then sucked out 
a little of the contents to create a vacuum, or dis- 
charge that little by means of a small stick; then, 
taking the egg in my hand, I plunged my hand in 
the water to the wrist, and by shaking the egg while 
it was immersed in the water, I very soon emptied 
it of its yolk and white. I have shown this process 
to many people, and they approve of it highly. 
