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d? I L^K°^ ngerV0raci0US 0r cowardl y» she abstains from 
rrl!f 0d 4 r J'? r y? un S can swallow, and flies boldly at every 
cieature that she thinks is likely to do them mischief. y 
len or twelve chickens are the greatest number that a good 
nen can rear and clutch at a time; but as this bears no pvo- 
& t0 , t le , nul “ be , r of her e 8S s > schemes have been ima- 
bined to clutch all the eggs of an hen, and thus turn her 
produce to the greatest advantage. The contrivance we mean, 
» the artificial method of hatching chickens in stoves, as is 
actised at Grand Cairo ; -at in a chymical elaboratory, pro- 
peily gi-aduated, a s has been effected by Mr. Reaumur. At 
rand Cairo, they thus produce six or seven thousand chickens 
surf tlme ; ■''; lere ’ as the y are brought forth in their mild 
J • u 8> which is warmer than our summer, the young ones 
. Ive wdhout clutching. But it is otherwise in our colder and 
fie,m Ua i C '. raat ^ ; , ll r e Iittla animaIs ma y» without much dif- 
\vh P y> batcbed f rom the shell; but they almost all perish 
excluded. The cock is a short-lived animal; but how 
ceif ■ le f L . bll ' d ' s bve > b to themselves, is not yet well as- 
uned by an y historian. As they are kept only for profit, 
th f I c a eW y ears become unfit for generation, there are few 
rat, from mere motives of curiosity, will make the tedious 
penment of maintaining a proper number till they die. Al- 
tb J!i nduS hlatS tbeir a 8 e to be ten years * ; and it is probable 
nat this may be its extent. 1 
bir r | HE t:liKEY ' the common cock is the most useful 
as u 'n r P, ou tr y y ard > tlle turkey is the most remarkable, 
an i’ 0 , 1 beauty of the tail, as for the singular appear- 
ed: 0 the head, and for those habits which are almost pe- 
anv^ ° ltseE ' E is difficult to determine the natal place of 
the an . ln j a ^ the species of which is generally diffused ; but 
turf ' L1 - * °f testimony inclines us to the opinion that the 
b ro3 f- a " ative of tlle New Continent, and that it was not 
World 1 Ult ° Euro P e till the discovery. of that part of the 
birch. * u ®>.' vben y oun g> it is one of the tenderest of all 
forests ' ^ V. ni wihl state, it is found in great plenty in the 
Parts nCfU Canada, which are covered with snow above three 
1'U'o-er *i, 10 y ear - their natural woods they are found much 
much an l n tbeir state ot domestic captivity. They are 
lore beautiful also, their feathers being a dark gray. 
though the? haVf* 3S k . nown R arae cocks which were upwards of ten years old, 
,n jured. fought many battles, and consequently must have been greatly 
