A The attire of the peacock is gay and pretty beyond all other birds. His figure is tall and handsome. light tuft of feathers adorns his head, and his tail which he erects and expands at pleasure, vies in splendour with the rainbow. It is very long, and the feathers have fringes marked in the middle with a spot of rich colours in the form of an eye. The head, neck, and breast of this bird are green, glossed with gold. Thus as far as plumage goes, the peacock is in the highest degree pleasing; but his voice by no means agrees with his attire. His unpleasant scream inspires a kind of horror. His gaudy plumage drops off every winter, and in the spring he again appears decked in usual splendour. The goose is one of the most useful of our fowls. Its flesh forms one of our dainty repasts. It supplies us with soft down and the pen with which we write. A tame goose sometimes lays twenty eggs, but the wild one seldom more than eight. The female hatches her eggs with great care, and the gander or male sometimes assists her in this duty. The feet of geese and of all water fowls are webbed, or have a kind of skin between the toes which assists them in swimming. The goose is a very long lived bird, some having been known to live a hundred years. Duck தாரா Rear வளர்த்தல் Ducks are reared with greater ease than most other fowls, wanting only a plenty of water as they eat any thing that comes in their way. They eat grass, swallow grain, devour insects, or any other kind of food. The drake or male is larger than the duck or female, and has a curl of feathers on his rump. The head of the drake is of a fine green colour, his wings spangled, and the other parts of his body are marked with a rich display of colour. The flesh of the duck is very fine. Wild ducks abound in many parts of England. Sometimes upwards of thirty thousand are sent to the London market in one season. Husbands, love your wives, and cherish them as yourown flesh; and be not bitter against them. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands as it is fit in the Lord. Respect them, and be constant in your love. Parents, train up your children in the way they should go, and when they are old they will not depart from it. Correct your child and he will give you rest. He that spareth the rod spoileth the child. But fathers provoke not your children to wrath, lest they be discouraged. Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. The eye that mocketh at his father, and scorneth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out and the young eagles shall eat it. Hear the words of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. Honour their grey hairs, and support them in their old age. Brothers and sisters, live together in peace and love. Be ye kind and tender one to another; be united, and |