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aheir wing's when they rife; if they are furprifed 
upon rocks or’mountains, they endeavour inftant- 
ly to fly down the precipices; and if they are 
purfued there, they attempt to regain the fummit.: © 
On plains they fly ftrait forwards, and if they are 
followed clofely they take fhelter fometimes in 
rabbit holes, fometimes in woods, and even perch 
upon trees, ) pick cas 
It is very difficult to rear them in a domeftic 
ftate: they require more care than young Phea- 
fants, and, languifhing for their liberty, often 
pine and die, efpecially when the feathers begin 
to grow upon their heads. Yet in the land of . 
Scio in the Archipelago, there» are numerous 
flocks that are fo:far tamed, that they. will come 
when they are called; they go out inthe morning 
into the fields to feed, and one perfon has the care _ 
of feveral flocks; he brings them back at night, 
and they come when they are whilitled to. 
Mr. Buffon faw aman in Provence, which its in 
the fouth of France, who had a flock. | They 
came when he called them; he took fomein his — 
hand, warmed them in his bofom, and then fent 
them away to their companions. 
Burbequius, when he was in ee had a 
number of thefe Partridges ; they were fo trou- 
‘plefome to him in ftanding at his feet, and pick- 
ing 

