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quail, or partridge. 
yin<»s, as if sorely wounded; using every artifice she 
master of to entice the passenger in pursuit of 
Wself, uttering at the same time certain peculiar notes 
of alarm, well understood by the young, which dive 
Separately amongst the grass, and secrete themselves 
till the danger is over; and the parent, having decoyed 
the pursuer to a safe distance, returns, by a circuitous 
foute, to collect and lead them otf. Tiiis well known 
Oiameuvre, which nine times in ten is successful, is 
■lonourahlc to the feelings and judgment of the bird, 
fiiit a severe satire on man. The aifeotionate mother, 
as if .sensible of the avaricious cruelty of his nature, 
tempts him with a larger prize, to save her more 
lielpless offspring ; and pays him, as avarice and cruelty 
ought always to be paid, with mortification and disap- 
pointment. , „ 1 1 
The eo-n-s of the quail have been frequently placed 
Ruder the domestic hen, and hatched and reared with 
oqual success as her own ; though, generally speaking, 
the young partridges, being more restless and vagrant, 
often lose themselvc.s, and disappear. The hen ought 
to be a particular good nurse, not at all disposed to 
'■amble, in which case they are very easily raised. 
Those that survive, acquire all the familiarity of common 
ohickeiis ; and there is little doubt that, it proper 
Rieasures wore taken, and persevered in for a few years, 
they mi^dit he completely domesticated. 1 hey have 
been often kept during the first season, and through the 
"•hole of the winter, but have uniformly deserted in 
the sprinv. Two young partridges that were brought 
Rp by a hen, when abandoned by her, associated ivith 
the cows, which they regularly followed to the fields, 
'■eturned with them when they came home m the 
«vcuiii<r, stood by them while they were milked, and 
again accompanied them to the pasture. These remained 
during the winter, lodging in the stable, hnt, as soon as 
?l»’ing came, they disappeared. Of this tact, 1 was 
informed by a very respectable lady, by whom they 
R'ere particularly observed. 
It has been frequently asserted to me, that the quails 
