e, and offered to send us, as a present, seven or eight pairs of those he wished to part with. We were greatly pleased with his offe

When the net was removed, they eagerly availed themselves of their freedom to take flights round and round the house. One couple, of less contented disposition than the others, never came back, nor did w

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he price of these in the market would have been 37 cents per pair, so that we were losers on our stock; but we must say that we did not

ng less than $1 50. Even had there been no profit derived, we should still have kept them, as we consider no place in the country complete without these beautiful and graceful little creatures. It wa

n the corn. It was afterwards removed to the back kitchen, round the door of which they used to assemble in a flock, till one of the servants threw them ou

ver saw them till they made their appearance in the pie. T

in) of cruelty, in eating the "pretty creatures;" but we never found that they had any scruples in partaking of them at dinner.

epast. This was placed opposite a visitor, who was requested to carve the dainty. He did so, and sent a portion of it to his host. The reverend gentleman looked at the plateful sent him attentively, and then said with a si

ther not have had the "little darling" put into the pie, or

e like Shakspeare's Richard III?" We "gave it up," and were told, "Because it was bound unto the steak (stake), and could no

he management of pigeons bef

e lump of bay-salt should likewise be kept there. It should be occasionally cleaned out, and this is all the tro

Indian corn, as well as some tares. We did so successfully in the acre of ground called the Orchard; and though we had abundance of fine fruit from it, the trees were not planted so thic