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The use of fumitory as a cosmetic was doubtless founded 
upon the doctrine of signatures. The smoky hue of the 
plant was supposed to indicate a disposition to get rid of 
dulness, and hence the adoption of fumitory as a remedy 
for spleen and as a clearer of the countenance. 
The seeds of the fumitory very unexpectedly yielded to 
us some curious information. We had a crop of early 
Warwick peas, which was so visited by the turtle dove— 
Caluinba turtur —that it was deemed expedient to have the 
birds shot, as it was thought that otherwise the pea crop 
would grievously suffer. In this dilemma we deemed it 
advisable to have the crops and gizzards carefully examined, 
when lo, and behold, instead of our finding them full of 
peas, as was expected they would be, not a single pea was 
found in a dozen of them ; on the contrary , they were all full 
of the seeds of different forms of fumitory unmixed with 
any other food. 
We were very much interested in this discovery, and more 
especially when we had ascertained from counting that 
these weed seeds were found in some birds to be over 800. 
Let no one therefore, in future, glory in the good they 
do in killing what they have ever deemed the pea-eating 
dove, for though the dove is by no means bad food, it may 
be well to consider whether the beauty of the bird, and the 
good it does, ought not to entitle it to protection. 
PRACTICAL HINTS ON STABLE MANAGEMENT 
IN INDIA. 
A Second Edition, revised and enlarged, of a Lecture written 
by J. B. W. Skoiilding, Veterinary Surgeon First 
Class, Royal Horse Artillery, the prototype having 
been written and delivered by him when in charge of 
B. F. R. H. A. at Campbellpore, in November, 1875. 
Meerut, 1878. 
Introductory Remarks. 
The majority of those persons who interest themselves in the 
welfare of the horse will agree that stable management is a 
subject to every detail of which all who may be trusted with the 
care of horses should give the strictest attention, and with which 
owners should make, themselves thoroughly acquainted, since it 
plays such an important part in preserving the health, and 
