Chapter VI: Part IV: Domestic Pets

BEES AND BEE-KEEPING 493

THE CANARY 497

DOGS 506

GOLD AND SILVER FISH 516
Glasses 517
Feeding 517
Diseases 517

THE GUINEA PIG 518

THE HEDGEHOG 520

THE JACKDAW 521

THE JAY 523

THE MAGPIE 524

OWLS 526

THE PARROT 532

PIGEONS 541
Varieties of Pigeons 545
Blue Rock Dove 545
The Antwerp, or Smerle 546
The Pouter 547
The Carrier 548
The Dragon 549
The Tumbler 549
The Barb 550
The Owl 551
The Turbit 551
The Fantail 551
The Trumpeter 552
The Jacobin 553

POULTRY 554
Fowls 554
Fattening 555
Laying 555
Hatching 555
Rearing of Chickens 556
The Pintado, or Guinea Fowl 557
Ducks 558

THE RABBIT 560

THE RAVEN 570

SILKWORMS 574
Food of the Silkworm 576
Hatching, Feeding, and Temperature 576
Moultings 577
The Cocoon 577
The Aurelia 578
Winding the Silk 578
The Moth 578
General Remarks 579

THE SQUIRREL 580

WHITE MICE 587