We THE NATURAL HISTORY 
conftantly as though fhe had chofen her place's 
and fhe fits fo clofely, that by taking away the 
young, and putting other eges under her, the 
will hatch a fecond brood: but this is a cruel ex 
_ periment, and very hurtful to the bird, for as 
' they take but ‘very little food whilft they fit, it — 
reduces” the Turkey to a fkeleton, and makesher 
i ee weak. 
-At firft the young are very tender, for ee 
| days they muft be kept dry and fed often; itis — 
_ very improper to give them any milk, becaufe 
 3t foon. becomes four, and then certainly kills. 
“ “them, 
They are “very fond of shapged garlick, heb) 
and nettles, and, as they feed much upon infeéts,. 
fo.foon as the dew is gone, they fhould be fuffer- 

ed to-go abroad on the fhort grafs with theirmo- 
ther. If the grafs be long it entangles their legs 
and tires them, fo that they often die of fatigue, ‘ 
a). hey fhould not be expofed to the evening cold, 
to rain, or even damp, which often benumbs their 
_ Jegs, and brings on complaints that foon kill: 
them. The fing of nettles, or the leaves of fox- 
glove, will deftroy the young. oe 
_ The Turkey has the fame care and wiiag 
for her little ones as the common Hen. She: 
broods them under her wings, and defends them 
with 

