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quently exclusive. Great quantities of these birds
were brought to the markets of Rossetta, and
were sold to very good account. As the Maho-
metans ate no animal which had not been bled,
the throats of the wild ducks were cut, in which
state they were left living, after having their wings
broken, which were fastened over the back, so
that it was very difficult to get one of these birds
which was not mangled, or whose plumage had
not been damaged.
The thrush arrives in the same countries at the
same season, to remain till the month of March.
But whilst the wild ducks flock to enliven the
collections of distant waters, the thrush remains
near human habitations. It takes delight in the
same orchards as the turtle-dove, and seeks, like
it, the thick and balmy groves of the orange and
lemon tree.
A peasant called me near a covert, and told me
that he had just seen a woodcock enter. 1 found
him there accordingly. These birds do not, for
the most part, take their passage into Egypt till
the month of November, but they are few in
number. It is a singular thing to see the wood-
cock, which seems to be a bird peculiar to cold
climates, seek a gentle winter even in countries
so far to the southward.
quently exclusive. Great quantities of these birds
were brought to the markets of Rossetta, and
were sold to very good account. As the Maho-
metans ate no animal which had not been bled,
the throats of the wild ducks were cut, in which
state they were left living, after having their wings
broken, which were fastened over the back, so
that it was very difficult to get one of these birds
which was not mangled, or whose plumage had
not been damaged.
The thrush arrives in the same countries at the
same season, to remain till the month of March.
But whilst the wild ducks flock to enliven the
collections of distant waters, the thrush remains
near human habitations. It takes delight in the
same orchards as the turtle-dove, and seeks, like
it, the thick and balmy groves of the orange and
lemon tree.
A peasant called me near a covert, and told me
that he had just seen a woodcock enter. 1 found
him there accordingly. These birds do not, for
the most part, take their passage into Egypt till
the month of November, but they are few in
number. It is a singular thing to see the wood-
cock, which seems to be a bird peculiar to cold
climates, seek a gentle winter even in countries
so far to the southward.