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Show SUPPLIES DURING A 8IEGE. Primitive Incubators Used When Gibraltar Gib-raltar Was Beleaguered. Somo months nftor the slcgo of Gibraltar Gib-raltar began Admiral nodnoy reached tho rock with twonty-ono ships of tho lino nnd brought In vast quantities of supplies. In April, 1781, about n year after Hodnoy's visit, Admlrnl Darby, with tho British1 grand floot, nlso anchored nt Gibraltar nnd brought In supplies. On. ono occasion a vossol from Naples was driven to tho rock with 0,000 bushels of barloy, which tho garrison found of unspealc-ablo unspealc-ablo value. Then, too, whllo tho bombardment bom-bardment destroyed most of tho houses, tho Kngllsh found It posslblo to ralso largo amounts of vegetables nnd garden suppllos. Thoy oven raised chickens, following follow-ing out nn original method of Incubation, Incuba-tion, tho forerunner of tho process In voguo today. Eggs woro put In tin cans and kept hoatod by water until thoy hatched. In order to got tho brood cared for It was necessary to tnko a capon, pull out tho breast feathers, scratch tho fowl's breast with nettles until It bled nnd thon scttlo him upon tho downy chicks. Tho relief given tho smarting wounds by tho soft down of tho brood was so great that adoption Bpcodlly followed. Chicago Chronicle. |
