THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH'S PHEASANTRY AT FONTAINEBLEAU.

Otago Witness, Issue 847, 22 February 1868, Page 6

THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH'S PHEASANTRY AT FONTAINEBLEAU.

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. JUie, .p, peasantry, -or, as it is more.gmer?illy called,' the., parquet [parguep being the Frenc^~word;'for ( tlie-iiiclosure wftera,, jfowlslor'.gam^re \fcept),'Jia situated., on , 'thejeft "<s.bne,of r the roads "which go fright outp£Jthe'tp" wl i : uitb the r forest, and at /a shor^ disiance^fr^ni thb :j last|,Jguildings ; qf (^e'towri^..^Tlie r 'wli<>ie of ! the'^wopd' W.-fche 'middleCof /^hich T 't^e Ibui)dmg3'ai'e1 bui)dmg3'ai'e Irec^ed" f is enclpse^^itli'a'higii'^'alisadej; ;ii|ce,*that i 'eiicirpling.the^wKole for&st'^ of .Fontaine" bleau, .sq as to' keep/, th^' deer within'-thel bpiindari.es ( pf the. Crop's t domains.' "Just . as. yd^g^^throu'g'hithia 'paling* W(W (> the , ' rigJit^jouT^^ ,& sifraighjt .al\ey idnflgji: you £q ja ,';wall lenpirpkag^a '. smaller' Vgrquiid- ••' .this is Hhe/rpHe^santry'^roper., '-"As." you •prpce.e',d .ro^ara^thje keeper's lodge^'which is 'at jth.9 "other '<sv& of /th e inelosuxe/ , y.ou 'observe on/fche'rigiitJa long. .'double line of, pmall; mclbsures; fr&ni four/to' five : yards squary,''into!-whica''ypV cannb'j,' 'see, ' as .the partitions' 'are' "th6 height of r a man, and^mada -with thickly-interwoven broom. Opening .of ' f the , , doors .facing the "long.^.inner^ yard', parallel , to /the path, through; which' you .have come, . -yon .fin&'in tlie.midclleVpf ; these little parks an upjrigli t.j,pole, .supporting, tent-like, ' a strong, pord netting arid horizontal perches foj!' the 'birds/' Tvhich ' 'are ' only slightly protected from the raia by, a small Blantjuig roof 'running'" all, "along the bottom of these yards, and also r made interwpjeii briar 1/ pr ' br'ooni J . " " ', These parqicetsjjXQ-> jukt-'now ■unoccupied ; it 'is there that the 5 pheasants have been penned iHP,j|pjui .hensibein^'-ju^Vup .'to fine cock." : nuaibgry pf^petis qne 'hj^yjrgd j and ty^'and'^he^'birds produce.. about twelve 'thousand" 4 eggs^during j]bn,e''Sjeaspn. ir '' By'libt; putting . a larger °a J cock,;.and ( "by r f eed-v ing^hign^r°with^ millet /ihd' oab^j. and!'a, vlaygS Sfoporiaon .of eggs -boiled. 1 -liard.,' '.very ' few<" eggs'f'tiitn jdut'addledylaacl' nearly.aU, .produce strong - healthy-' J chic'k3. <r ''"The eggs are /Jiatchedf j under. T common ,barn.yard, •fowliy'andas 1 a^great nifinilse'r^aren i finilse'r^are nece's-^ -skry-^fronj'f our jib six'" hun'dredr^a- large ' and^experisive .poultry-yard' ought to 'be" 'kept 5 'but'thisis avoided in ihe following "way'^whicji.^3: lesVtroublesoniey rbut". nqt' .fesspp'sHy',^^ jA'dontract l is 1 ' r inade i ' ! Tfith a', l^^l^merclia^t^wlio'goesihe .rQiind of ' „all,.the farins^n fche cb'unj;fyj a ;ari4 buys all' ib§ , sitting -hensj ; . tlie]sb^he lets^ to .the Im- . .perial^.-pheasahtry- f orl' five, jfrancs, ' apiece., • for the> Beason! ;■ f Tbutj^ ;as ■ ; tfi.e'j^dm{nis''t;fa-, • tion has-'to I feed';thejn, < ' l .as' -sodn a3, they are'nG'm'ore are sent back to theicoiitractior, who gets them fat.- f or %arkefy" or x sells J the'm t 'gust l as ..they are, 1 ; ja" gbo^^ri'flt;" from, 'this •peculiar ■.commerce', vt \ ni .^ >;jfcJ ;'J ' '" '' --•' . airy rooms,, is 'iep'ti'fp'r^tli^ittitig' liens^Uhd all the walls" gre'oi^ne^mtii rows of baskets. ' Sixteen* ;phe.asatit! eggs 'aife'p'M'to^ach hen: r aiic£'as -Xiot^kVQ *aid 4% jtlTe^--*' almost i 'aU r-'r -' i tufoVdut good, the^roportion of eddied eggs being" ..-very «small. c^ When^tM^young pheasante ■'have^broken*out of- tlieir 'shell, tfie > y,^ac-^ 'U^mpiinifa^lth theft, mothers, "are put'a'n j S'l^e SffiJ 'of gro^id-dn the lett-.of',t% entrance 'passage, tlirough'which vre have groijnd'is' planted with ''rcr.^jjof 4 s Jjywhes, about . f p,urt.eenf j yards iflfeo rafiijiPS^ d^?B :,3? W, .tOr,tlw ; end ,oi jinclpjiurecjn'ibe^yjQen/ each ± row are. sown, liiiek, j.e^iual Jin 1 j'of^'buok'wlieaf, rpotatoes>C Jeru'3 i a3§m.arxichoke3y"and whea^,, :millet,'rbr oats.; ,' The are 'placed in, cthecobushes'iin -little,, wpo^n ,bqxe3, r 7> ui J '^Mch (^ey I> j^ave. c 'haxdJy.:Bp^ f W'.moje, ' ab^ut',;"but from jwmc^jfcKe, young pneas ants •hav&"easy''egfe'ss t or ingress "fhroug'h^ifie 'wpp^eii forming. the , fr.6nt,"pf.' the 'liltlejipji^ln the middle of jft^fopen^iiie, t bushes., is' a { passage jab&yfc twjp /yards' >vide,- in, which the young, l pheasants-,are fed ( ai! 'regular, ; . and asr soon Mas -'.they; .can.dispense ryrith; the, iwarmthof .the imo^her, whicK is not « t till ■theyiar'e toobigtfco creen.unjle^her wingsj. th6'pbor foster-impthe'r is Kb'erated, ,if she, •hasnot' died; through 1 heat, , or bfen; '/'subked to death by.the'nutea^bjicn.PYgr^ 'I run those miserable little' 'wooden boxes'/

The.young t>heasanta begin ikying about, .but, always I keep around ; the jtov '^liich, th!e,-<?4LI of ,seir foster- parent brings Jjieni. back.' The ,httle .artificial, fields ■ ; abo»t ; .}vhjLchrthej;nMi furnish '.theia^-yath'r 'lipalt^anclinatukl food,' arid the''keebers' ; cpntinue giving /tfiein ants' eggs^o.m tfi'e^ f pre^ tj runtU'.thTs rather, costly f pocl can fee ,' xeplace&.ligi; tilled potatoes' apd J jvh'eat', to, ; .which, jthey j Are • yery partial '" 'gentles. Verb; given . soinG years ago ' to ' the ' young ■ bijjds—a, .jrii^ture ' of.' bloqii'and , sawdust' being ;p\ii mW/a"j)it fur'nislie.d these, in ( abundance^-but tliia food, proyed. too'.uri-' healthy,, ,,and r is ,npw ■ completely, " ab'aji7 , ;,, The' f ;Erig'HshV miztupe's.'/calle'd,' .Spanish t 6r,,FrencK ; meal (by the^a^'com-',, pkte|.y, .unknown on the ' Continent;, we^e tried last season .-with" success, but -only gn. ( a snialL'scale. ;' }„ ".,' ;;i „', 4 ' /-•'.';>•'.' . it'ia/abßut'hA^ast'Jthree^-™" 3f \ near, thejlvcep^r's lod^ej Irpmjyvheiiice'pror, , r c,eeds.a peculiar noise, produce^, By; three,' orifonr men who are actively ;'engaged vin-"v in-" chopping 'boiled' potatoes,'- ;anjd,. 'mixiiig, ' them With, jvheat.' ' A long, stjir'dy^Jiasset hound, Vith crooked legs.'(a'go6d.?peci--me^i of , his .breed) rises from -Jhe" hearth,'.. ,^'meietus,' .whils'a little tame jackdavr- : ' actively, chatters in the 'b^shes^aroimd^tho?' h.buseV J expecting. bis f Bha|rfl'jof Itli?. food* 1111 11" 1 which is. being prepared ! f or the phe'asantsi ' ' | At'fonr reg'ularly every" day the*"ine"n call ' 'the young pheasants with" the, , .whistle to ". be. ted/:\\VliHe. they, are ending their pre-. ' paratioils,'let us'lodk r at. another, I . row, of : l>^g^{^aI i so*;made/bf'*fuaKes^rid briar, ' wMfch;';exten'd''in. fc , front ' ,of "' i\ie\ keepers house. ,' 'Before 'Ihe revolution; of '48 these p"dr<jwts /yjord- neatly built .'npfiri . bricki work and iron netting, but' v they Vere tqrn^. down by. the people, and'since/t^at time,, hdve only b^en ' rebuilt in the/rustic way.[ I^haye 'mentioned.^ Berp we'''find ( k cql-r'" lection of different Varieties oi pheasant's," "' the/ most curious of which. f area,crqssbreed between^ the golden phe'isant (hen) '. and the common Bohemian Variety (cock). The produce is; a1"a 1 " very .'fine bird, , of . a nearly^., iihiform,' .reddish orange . c010r. .. The ''tail., is. long," . and' formed" of large broad ' feathers like "those .of the golden', cock. The male ' bird has t"he naked red parts around, the eye very - , much developed," and' he struts around his female in the same style as the golden/ breed of China.' A .specimen' of ..this,,, cross was sent a "short time ago "from „ Japan to the ; Acciimatisation " gardens, and greatly puzzled'. those , 'who., saw it, ,' though 'it was thought to be 'the 'cross ©f'.' some better-known^ variety," '. -. •' ,'"*,.

-The' ; GBEAT./PifeiS ;'iGYMyASiTJM."— The '■ r prmcip'^'gyinna^ium'ii'Pari3is that of ' M. : Tria^ia c ''tlie; Avenue' .Montaigne, ' 'Ch'amps '. Elysees. -rit^is' a. spacious and airy, building, .,, every portion/ of which, and "all the apparatus - . •o| '■which are Ilightly and;, if I. may use the-" ' ' word, v 'cKeerfully conatructed;- : -Tlie^ great ' Hall is"deVdt'ed'tp the. use. of ordinary, freqiieht6fs/'rooms^at the 'sides "beMg" appropriated 'to(-thoee Iwh'o 1 - heed'i'sp'e'cial for -a the ', i de'velopmentlv-of :oany ' part L atl the [ body, and a corridor insthe -„reirj. being ; j}used,-; : as-: a. -r lavatory <> for. those wko.engage.in the 'exercises of the gynmasiunu ; v-M; ( . Triads system is to a great,;. I extent s^Hitiltaneoua'^in ..character, . and. at; f i, ,clas.s time'iiis': gymnasuini presents , "a trnly: ' t aniinated'spect^cle^ ;His'princ'iples 'of jexery -. cise'deaerve Special notice from his insisting < '6Valettness''an'd""m6biliiy being expressed iu"- 1 ■e very-attitude in-yhictf lie place's Ms pupils; L ' .'Hi6"gymnasi\lm fis J crowded all "day during 1"^-th1 "^- the 1 ) Paris $ season^ hfi I /the *: elite - of ' French ' " 'society^' '-^eryjlarga riumbers.of: larfies avail' • : ,themßelv.ean'of j M. Triat's admirable \cw- ~ classes, divided_by.sexes_and. 1 agesf are conveniently distributed throughout' the.day.-j^At pnejhouriof ,thei dayvfß^iions ( j \ able t ( ladie? r j schools arrive [>»in ; * ommbusesi ' '-. 'from" mSfieTi^ensumTiats^&ixa. devote - themselves? to^nykical trainmg, •• -with'^ results •-'• wjliich; prior' to thejopening,of the .Liverpool •G-ymnasium/^wiing'to^de^ciericy; of- Bystem, ,, have"neveV^^A^ai^ne'driny English' 'acade- , mieß,rthe£ t AcaliJßtneincs .'oi which '^w ' often. ,Httlej^tt§fißth'£m n :a''c¥ltiy. ; ffiocteryi i ] ITor d9es c ,the J,BJ ,8y i stenia'{iQ. oli&rSj3tOT 3 6f the'trauung lessen the pleasured dt, Y fdr/it only Hee'ds'to-' 1 jWitness^the sceneoto^ convinced tMtY£h«" r jweu-f,orn\ed anidJaagflK'young ladies-regard - : .th'^^ex^ciaes ;ißj^most.de!iahtfulJreoreW-" ' tiqn. other -hptirs,' boyshschools -attend, -• and. jheosame /oritoriVtoHhem^^At 'jbhe.:; d^yy]; classes 'pnay.- bo seen .at work, ' cie^\^hi^.; ii m x ;,aie ; JpeSjihiest^ashion"then'good ff J&ks & 'anS > igr&<3eful''fijgiires j and'' 1 ■alternatbg c^th K these'ol^teaTe ; oth'ersfbr' i 0 m'enjvtottetfdedWall l 'ajjes ah'd' J professions.,.' 0 eThe/nuhibef of.jmtdaiV-aged'aldd'elderl^inen' : .who.i*y^theto&vei> dP M1?M 1 ? TriaVfl -four b .bJcJocki-ola38,;iEl" ai-pHeaomenon to those w;hd »re ( unacquaintiy3isnthtEe extent to" which ihe • inipojtance^phxsicial .training is recognised ••: b^.thejeduca^d cj^sses^.across.vfcKe.Cliaririel.,''; , "Agauerj^^atj the magnificent institution. . at Xj.wrp,°9J»<W accessible for -la4y spectators . .^arui^tWiddjeb;'clßpes,>nd;for ladies and - • -genwemea'durui^the^gentle'mbn's /classes ; , and'th'elocale of 'thJß^gymnasiuim' renders..ifc., eaayforiiall-vimtbrslto Paris, to speni an." ihour>therei'verjr : pleasantly and. prbfitably. [^v-Sdeatifip^American'. ■ .;••*; ; l 'rt'^Wirt 'are the Volunteers Kfc&Nelson. T — Beoatise' the last thing he did .-was-.to di* • '.for hisocountry,' "and that is", tlia last thing th«y intend to do.

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