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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 92

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PICKING UP A PIGEON but with Vs just large enough to make ahole that the end of the bottle will pass througheasily. Nail the top of the four posts into this last square piece and the water-trough is readyfor use. While the bottle is in the frame youhave just made, fill it with water. Hold your … A GOOD WAY TO HOLD A PIGEON finger over the mouth and invert it over thedish. Notice how the water runs out into the dishvmtil it is just deep enough to reach thebottle and then stops. As the pigeons drinkfrom the dish, the level of the water will sinkbelow the mouth of the bottle, and more willrun…

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