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feathers and dirt. After they are pro-
cured, they are separated from feathers
and dirt, are carefully dried and packed.
and are then fit for market. The best
sort are sent to Pckin, for the use of the
Emperor. The labor bestowed to render
them fit for the table is enormous every
feather, every stick, or impurlty of any
kind, is carefully removed and then, al-
ter undergoing many washings and prep
arations, they are made into soft deli
cious jelly; they are likewise served up
in broths and soups they have the rcpu-
tation of being nutritious, and highly
stimulating. The eXtravagant prices Civ
en- for these nests by the Chinese, render
them most expensive article of diet
The sale has become monopoly of the
government in whose dominions they are
found. Meyen, in his voyage round the
world. states, that the japanese had long
ago discovered that these costly birds
nests are nothing more than softencd sea
weed, and that they now prepare the sub
stance itself in an ar;ist-lke manner
IDr. Sigmond, on the Ceylon Moss.