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68 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
‘. ang the duft out of his velvet. flippers,’ that he’ 
fhut them up in a room, where they became sand 
fat, and died. 
In. Chios, an ifland in the Archipelago, eneey 
countryman almoft has a flock ; they follow him 
into the fields, and in the evening return,. One 
reafon why they are fo fond of their keepers is, 
that as foon as they were hatched, they frequent- 
ly warmed, them in their bofoms, and fed them 
from their mouths; but they are very careful to 
houfe them every night, for if they omit it twoor 
three times, the Partridges forget them and be- 
come wild, 
They frequent rocky and mountainous yi, 
‘but come down in the plains in May to breed; 
they lay fixteen or eighteen eggs, on the. bare 
ground, which are efteemed very delicate food, 
and it is faid that the white does not harden in 
boiling, 
“1 They differ in this refpect from the common 
Partridzes, that they fometimes perch on trees, 
and are feen in flocks, but amongft common Par- 
‘tridzes the covey confifts only of thofe which were 
hatched together. They ufe the fame artifice as 
the Lapwings to deceive the fowler, by counter- 
feiting’ nape. : vA 
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