[94.] Id. i. 236, 237.
[95.] See also Taming of the Shrew, Act iv. Sc. 1, and Tempest, Act iv. Sc. 1.
[96.] Darwin, “Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication,” i. 290.
[97.] Pro. Zool. Soc. April 24th, 1860.
[98.] Darwin, op. cit.
[99.] Baker’s “Chronicle.”
[100.] It is observable, however, that in “The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII.” turkies are not once mentioned amongst the fowls to be provided for the table.
[101.] “Journal Asiatic Society, Bengal,” vol. xxix. p. 38.
[102.] Pp. 390, 391.
[103.] In the ruined temple of Medineet Haboo is a representation of the coronation of the famous warrior, King Rameses III. (B.C. 1297). “The conquering hero, among the clamours of the populace, and shouts of his victorious army, is depicted proceeding to the temple to offer his grateful thanks to the gods; and whilst certain priests in their gorgeous robes are casting incense about, and offering up sacrifices at many a smoking altar, others are employed in letting off carrier-pigeons to announce the glad tidings to every quarter of the globe.”—Leith Adams, Notes of a Naturalist in the Nile Valley and Malta, p. 27.