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146 J 22 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
the Grecian Archipelago (in the vEgean Sea),
a man, half fisherman, half sailor, who owned
his own smack, in which he frequently
undertook voyages to Acre, Alexandria, and other
southern Mediterranean ports. His little son
Zeo used to accompany him on these journeys,
and they took with them each time a wicker
coop, in which a small flock of our ancestors,
the original Roman pigeons, were kept during
the passage. When they reached their
destination, the winged messengers were liberated ;
and, frought with tidings of their safe arrival,
returned to Milo, where they were greeted with
joy by the loved ones at home,—the wife, and
a little girl whom the husband had found one
morning, some years back, on the beach, as if
dropped from the clouds, or washed ashore
from some wreck after the ruthless storm had
parted the babe from its perishing mother.
" The family of the Roman pigeons increased
for some years, and their offspring were sold
to other seafaring traders for similar useful
purposes, trained first by the old birds, who
still kept faithful to their master and to each
other. Zeo had grown up to be a fine youth,
and had trained himself for the national games.
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