. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. r instruction, the latterhas, ever since, made shock-ingly bad pigeons, so frequentin Greece since the endof the fifth century beforeChrist, were long beforethat held sacred in thecountries of Asia. Theywere kept in great flocksaround the temples of Aphro-dite, and in Syria no one daredlay hands on them. They firstcame to Europe through Italy, wheregreat numbers of white and coloreddoves were kept around the temple ofEryx in Sicily. From Italy they spread throughEurope, following the power and civilization ofthe Rom
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. r instruction, the latterhas, ever since, made shock-ingly bad pigeons, so frequentin Greece since the endof the fifth century beforeChrist, were long beforethat held sacred in thecountries of Asia. Theywere kept in great flocksaround the temples of Aphro-dite, and in Syria no one daredlay hands on them. They firstcame to Europe through Italy, wheregreat numbers of white and coloreddoves were kept around the temple ofEryx in Sicily. From Italy they spread throughEurope, following the power and civilization ofthe Romans. Christianity adopted them as itssymbol, while popular belief regarded the whitedove as the bearer of souls to heaven, and fearedhis colored brother, the rock pigeon, as a birdof ill omen. In Venice, that semi-Greek city,clouds of pigeons still inhabit the cupola of thechurch of San Marco and the roof of the Dogespalace, and woe to him who tries to catch orto harm them! Nevertheless, in spite of these honors andof the affection he inspires, the pigeon has 284.
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