. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. s,it is well to construct a little islandin the middle of the pond or arti-ficial lake for the mother and tobuild upon it a shelter filled withstraw. The number of eggs laid isusually from six or eight to twelve,which the mother broods uponfor thirt\-six days, while the fathermounts guaid faithfully. Soonafter the young swans are hatchedthey bravely take to the water andswim after their parents in searchof their natural food, or of the barley, oats, orcooked potatoes that are thrown to them. Por many persons the swan is a sour
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. s,it is well to construct a little islandin the middle of the pond or arti-ficial lake for the mother and tobuild upon it a shelter filled withstraw. The number of eggs laid isusually from six or eight to twelve,which the mother broods uponfor thirt\-six days, while the fathermounts guaid faithfully. Soonafter the young swans are hatchedthey bravely take to the water andswim after their parents in searchof their natural food, or of the barley, oats, orcooked potatoes that are thrown to them. Por many persons the swan is a source ofrevenue. Its down and beautiful, strong wingsbring good returns, subject, however, to the 250 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS caprices of fashion and the customs of thecountry. We no longer use swans quills forpens; nor do we believe in the chariot ofLohengrin and the young swan-maidens who was discovered, they say, in 1668 by the sailorsof the East India Company, who brought it toEurope, where it was speedily bred and still people the lakes of southern. The Bosom of the Family attended the Valkyria and who played so prom-inent a part in ancient legends. Swans are to be found everywhere exceptin the tropics. About ten species have beendiscovered, of which the best known are thedomestic swans, both white and black. The white swan is the largest species. Itsred beak, especially in the males, is furnishedwith a sort of protuberance, and its legs areblack. The young swans are gray when born,and do not have their dazzline; white color until
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