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Excerpt from The Text of the Canterbury Tales, Vol. 4: Studied on the Basis of All Known Manuscripts; Text and Critical Notes, Part II For the Squire's Headlink (f 1-8) see the Merchant Endlink Squire Headlink, which have been treated to gether in Vol. III. The Squire's Tale is in all relatively complete mss except Ad2 801 t. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ... match by this method, which will be ascertained by the hen sweeping her tail, nodding her head, &c. which is called shewing. OF THEIR DUNG. Their dung is so valuable, and in so great requisition, that if it is preserved genuine, and as little straw and other rubbish as possible suffered to get amongst it, tanners and others will give five shillings per sack for it, and will fetch it whenever they are informed there is any ready for them. It is used by the tanners to separate the hair from the hides, being of an extremely hot nature, and answering their purpose better than most other things they make use of. It is also an excellent manure for cold, wet, and clayey land, and if it could be procured in any quantity, the farmers of such sorts of land would give almost any price for it. OF THEIR DISEASES. The Almond Tumblers are not naturally liable to many diseases; the majority of those which do attack them, I attribute to a want of sufficient cleanliness, and good management in their masters, but if taken care of in these respects, they will live nine or ten years, and sometimes longer, and are generally taken off at last by the moult. The first and most fatal that has come under my observation is, what is commonly understood and called by the name of the Canker. This disorder is very much confined to the young birds in the nest, and does not very frequently attack the old ones, and as it originates in the oesophagus or throat, it seems to me to arise from the putrefaction of a redundancy of the soft meat, and that putrescency communicating itself to the throat, and causing a core, I am inclined to think, it ought with greater propriety to be called a sore throat, and perhaps, from the intolerable fcetor emitted from the throat and crop, not improperly a...

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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Art of Breeding and Managing the Almond TumblerI have now arrived at a difficult point, and that is how. To instil the knowledge of a bird possessing good properties into the mind of the young F ancier when he sees it, and should he be anxious to purchase the bird, I should advise. Him to consider whether he really stands in need of the bird, and believes it will improve his stud or strain of birds, if so, buy it at any price, for it cannot be dear. From my experience, combined with the conversation of some of the best and most experienced Fanciers, the only way to obtain an extraordinary bird, is to give more than it is worth, comparatively speaking. The first time I attended a Grand Show, there was, as I thought, such a particularly pretty neat looking pair of birds, nothing gaudy about them; they appeared so remarkably neat and quiet, that the thought struck me of Friends or Quakers; I became anxious to obtain this pair of birds, and seeing the gentleman to Whom the birds belonged, I politely asked him if he considered it a fair question whether he would part with them, and he as politely, said he would as he was desirous of bringing as many gentlemen into the fancy as possible, and would favor me being a young and inexperienced Fancier, and the price would be five pounds; he greatly astonished me when he uttered five pounds, for if he had said five shillings, I think at that time I should have had spirit enough in me to have offered four shillings and sixpence; but since then. I have had the honor of that gentleman's acquaintance, have been repeatedly in his aviary, and seen the pair of birds I am writing of, and after having acquired some knowledge of the Almond Tumbler, my experience has taught me that the birds were worth more money than he had asked; for, in fact, they were a pair of extremely short faced and beautiful Golden Duns, bred from a splendid pair Of Almonds, but I was at the time too inexperienced to know it; and here I would particularly caution the young Fancier, on entering the societies where the shows take place, not to give offence to any of its members, by asking what do you want for that bird? You would be treated with contempt and not get an answer, for you might as well ask some gentlemen to part with half their fortunes, as a bird they highly estimate. But there are ways of doing things without giving Offence, and I think the best way to put the question to the owner of the bird, is politely to ask him, whether he considers it a fair question, if he would part with the bird, and then you will receive a polite answer.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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{Size: 18.78 x 25.13 cms} Lang: - English, Pages 56. Reprinted in 2016 with the help of original edition published long back [1851]. This book is Printed in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Complete Title: A treatise on the art of breeding and managing the Almond tumbler 1851 [Hardcover]. Author: John Matthews Eaton

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