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are nothing mere than boxes lined with fheep- 
fkins, with the wool outwards, and kept warnt 
by a ftove: under thefe the Chickens run when 
they have occafion for warmth, 
The heat of the Hen-is about 104 degrees. by 
Farenheit’s thermometer, this is eight degrees 
warmer than the human body, which is about 96. 
Itis faid that Livia hatched an egg inher bofom. 
Livia was the wife of Auguftus Cafar, who lived 
about 1800 years ago, and was emperor of Rome. 
Pullets, or young Hens, lay when they are 
about fix months old. The younger Hens lay 
_ the moft eggs, but the older Hens are thought to 
fit the beft. 
When the Hen has hatched fhe is very careful 
of her young. She fcratches the ground. for 
‘worms, and ihews them to her Chickens. | She 
attends them with the greateft anxiety, and de~ 
fends them againft dogs and men, with a cou- 
rage, indeed a kind of fury, which fhe poffeffes 
at no other time, for the Hen is rather a timid 
bird. She breods her young under her wings, 
frequently calls them to her, and informs them 
by a cry which is peculiar, when a bird of prey 
hovers near. Little Chickens can peck foon after 
they are born; though they do not require any 
ford ponaamaiely: In the egg, the Chicken is 
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