Excerpt from Ornithologia, or the Birds, Vol. 1 of 2: A Poem, in Two Parts With an Introduction to Their Natural History, And Copious NotesIt may be also useful to state, that, although this Society were reluctantly compelled to postpone the attempt to become more directly and practically useful, by experi ments in the breeding and domestication Of animals, yet that they are, now, about to direct their attention to these important Objects. The Regent's Park not being calculated for the purpose, they have engaged a farm, with suitable O¿iees, Sec. Of about thirty-three acres of land, in a beautiful situation under the wall Of Richmond Park, nine miles from Hyde Park Corner. Here it is intended that their experiments for breeding and domesticating animals are to be made. The animals are to include not only Quadru peds and Birds, but also Fish.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.