Doves . 
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from the hot parts of Asia and Africa ; they will 
not therefore stand cold at all well. In Germany 
the people keep them constantly in the cottages, 
and even in England sometimes a pet Dove flie& 
in and out of the house, and lives in its cage or 
not, much as it feels disposed. This does best in 
summer, when windows and doors are open ; in 
the autumn perhaps, the conservatory, the poultry- 
house, or the offices, become the Dove’s best abode. 
Some people I knew had a set of Doves, who 
used to run about and go in and out as they liked. 
They were exceedingly tame, and did not attempt 
to fly away. 
One of these Doves was called “ Tottum,” and 
was not at all Dove-like in its innocence. I am 
sorry to say that “ Tottum ” was addicted to 
stealing sugar ; he used to make such a hole in 
the sugar basin, that I suppose he thought detec- 
tion was very imminent, and then he used to 
scrape the sugar all round into the hole with his 
foot, to look as if “ no one had touched it.” And 
then, besides this, Tottum was unlucky in other 
ways, and if by accident he had knocked down 
anything, he would instantly fly quite away and sit 
perfectly still, high up somewhere, appearing quite 
unconscious that anything had happened. 
