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After Waterloo, the chief engraver of the Mint was commissioned to prepare a fitting medal for presentation to the leaders of the victorious armies. He did so. but took thirty years to complete the work. A letter posted in London fifteen years ago has just been delivered to a Portsmouth tradesman, who, failing to observe the date, proceeded to execut* tho order contained therein before 1» discovered the belated character of the Birds cannot open the foot when tho leg is bent; that is the reason they do not fall off their perches when asleep. If you watch a hen walking, you will notice that it close* its tocj p.? it raises the foot, and opens then when it tcuch.es tho ground.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10541, 18 March 1920, Page 6
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