American turf register and sporting magazine . he preceding day, A long deep box, fit-ting beneath the gun-case under the front seat, was new produced,,and proved to be another of Harry^^s notable inventions; for it was-lined throughout, lid, bottom, sides and all, with zmCy and in thecentre had a well or small compartment of the same material,, witli araised grating in the bottom. This well was forthwith lined with asquare yard, or rather more, of flannel, into which was heaped aquantity of ice pounded as fine as possible, sufficient toi cram it ab-solutely to the top—the rest Of the booc was
American turf register and sporting magazine . he preceding day, A long deep box, fit-ting beneath the gun-case under the front seat, was new produced,,and proved to be another of Harry^^s notable inventions; for it was-lined throughout, lid, bottom, sides and all, with zmCy and in thecentre had a well or small compartment of the same material,, witli araised grating in the bottom. This well was forthwith lined with asquare yard, or rather more, of flannel, into which was heaped aquantity of ice pounded as fine as possible, sufficient toi cram it ab-solutely to the top—the rest Of the booc was then filled with the birds,displayed in regular rows, with heads asnd Jails alternating, and a thincoat of clear dry wheaten straw between each layer, until but a fewinches depth remained between the noMe pile and the lid ®f thisextempore refrigerator—this space being filled in with ffennel packedclose and folded tightly, the box was; locked and thrust into the ac-curately fitting boot by dinit of the exertian of Timothys A WEEK IN THE WOODLANDS. 575 There, Frank, cried Harry, who had superintended the storageof the whole with nice scrutiny— those chaps will iceep there assound as roaches, till we get to young Toms at Ramapo—you can-not think what work I had, trying in vain to save them, before I hitupon this method—I used hops, which I have known in England tokeep birds in an extraordinary manner—for, what youll scarce be-lieve, I once ate a Ptarmigan, the day year after it was killed, whichhad been packed with hops, in perfect preservation, at Farnley, place in Yorkshire!—and I tried prepared charcoal, and gotmy woodcock, down to New York, looking like chimney sweeps, andsmelling What the h—11 difference does it make to you now, Archer, Idbe pleased to know ?—interposed Tom,— what under heaven theysmells like—a man that eats cock with their guts in, like you does,neednt stick now, I reckon, for a leetle mite of a stink!— Shu
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