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PIGEONS.-By the French law, the lord
had a right to the Young pigeons Of his vas.
sails, except in the March flight. Hartb
supposes that there were, in his time, in
England, $4,000 dove houses, and allowing
500 pair to each house, and four bushels 70
be consumed yearly by each pair. it makes
the loss of corn in a year. thirteen million
bushels. In Persia, the pigeons are trained
to kill the wild unes, of which amusement
they are SO fond, that Christian is not per-
mitted to keep any; and Taverncr, who men
tions this. adds, that some Christians have
become Mahomctans, merely to be entitled
to this privilege,