Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle (1855)
Forrester, Mark, ed, Forrester, Mark · Boston, F. & G.C. Rand · leaf 249
tlytrained to be carriers of news, before men became masters of steamand electricity. They were trained in this way: — A young one,well fledged, would be taken in a basket half a mile or so fromhome, and then let loose. It would go immediately home. Thenthey would carry it a greater distance, till… … charge of a keeper, of course. At the desired time, after havingkept it in a dark room, and without food, six or eight hours, thekeeper would affix to it his message, and then let it loose. When 238 PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. first let loose, the pigeon would rise high in the air, making a spiralflight…
Juvenile literature (American) · Natural history · Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) · Aztec children
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