CHAPTER XV. 



THOUGH less popolar nam tisca farEserhr, 

 Codsms ipeQ besenre snU to head Siie 

 Est of breeds m eutt boot of pcfnZtrr. 

 ladgpende^' of rbar awn XDerira, •srhjch hsr'e 

 aasbd^s feZ'en izto iiie harVgracrid sedcs tK? 

 raodsni stsnGsrd of iir^afcig' iiss nrmaired liserr 

 stiliti" ss iaj"sr5 zuc. tabSe-fcriris, i 

 tiie disef pro^snrrors of a "^ _ 



End aZ ?."~Te fonDoed an a Cochin cross. And 

 apsrr from even rhst. liieir introdncian -stes tie 

 raosi msniarzxiue erem tisa; h;?^ ersr iisTtoerjed 

 in liss pc<nltiy irocld: tJiere has been 

 2ks h before or ^nce. Prericcish-, -perr- few 

 peoQJe indeed except xsj-nssrs fcepi fcwls. snd 

 tbose OEiIy scrubs or r^ongrels ; 2i}d ooe or two 

 saoK-s tsiiich made attempes to sitract pobBc 

 irsteiesu irere only looked span vitri a good- 

 Batored cgn'erii' ■ n In 1S50 C-ociiiiis irere 

 ssintrted at Brrmirsgtiasi, and chaaged eveiy- 

 ttrng. Ev err risitor -srent bcime to lal of tie 

 new and wonderSf^ fcwii. wbkii were as hcg- as 

 rstncbes, sr>d roared lie joqs, vrHJe genzje as 



a garret, aDC tooi: to pening ^ike ts 

 Oibers cruwdsd m to see ''^Hptti and li; 



End even rbe street ocxsade die sihow 

 and Pifloj^ drew and wrote aboot 

 air rew bcrds ; and before peopje tnew wbere 

 ibey were, tbsy were in f"*^ '~t~~ of the CEno^s 



coaid Doe last ; tmi tbe breeding and esiifbrban 

 of poaltiy did, to soch an extent tkat erer snce 

 rhere bas never "ipcked a market for a rsElhr 

 good bcrd. And tbe Cociin did it alL He is 

 tiie fetker -- - - -- -- - -sjt, and xjone msy 



Bocdcs .. __-_: — :_on bare traced tbe 



odgt- of liis oresc xo some fowls inipccted in 

 : f-13. windi afterwards became tbe nropertv oe 



tbe late Oaeen Vldxnia, Trnder tbe 

 rvig^ af name ot Codim O^TTia fowls. As 

 flw^'Tffi regards "^i**^ tcwls tberEselTes •Htt= 



is a total '^''^:~~=V'=' A diawing 

 was givea in tbe lUxSirsted LjriiZrt: 2^ais of 

 tbat n^tf, xTtES u'lt'i.-^ sad tbe fii°^ 1 1 j>i ino it b 



mamfest tisat tbsy bad ab'yfeis^p no paints d 

 "i^ Cochin at alL sa-s^ peibsps yeZcw jsgs s-ni^ 



lar^e and carried bigb. tbe back "org- and 



skitEi^ to lie t-stI ibe eyes ^'fary. tie -■" :?-g^ 



^e axjd bard. Of wbai we may rs" Malar- 

 - 1 tbey probsKy bad a gtsa: fel" : of C- i.-"-^ 

 - . ---ti nozie. or bet socne trace in a cross. 3ct2 

 ooe thing abozr tbsm there -was : tbese fcTrls 

 were net aruy big, bnt tisey probr.b'hr did isaZy 

 come from CodLin C~'^'~.- and fmm ~H=rn ;rr»n 

 ' at iacr came xmoosbiedly tbe c2«e£. wbkb wSI 

 now beiong, winle poaltry breeiSng lasts, tZ) 

 asotber fowl thar b^ no rigbt to it at z~L 



Tbe real stoci fesc reached ~^-^ cozntrv in 

 3a47, Mr. Moody, in Hampsnfre and Mr. Alfrei 



in tbat year. Mr. Moody's, so far as we csr. 



jeam, were iafer5ar in ch^Tff.rrfT and kg-satber 

 to Mr. Sturgeon's, brt wsre very large and of 

 ibe same broad lyte : and aH alike c£me £ 01.11 

 tbe port of SbangT;?sf- or is neigbbtii^bocid. 



bad never been near CociaE China: and foe- 

 years attsniDE were •"•j^i^^ to pnt tiss «i:i ■ .^.t 

 straigbt. Tbe rrst Pniilrrj Booi of Wmgneld 



and all Anserican writers strcve for tbe ssme 



tbe -r-^c^ ^ and so it was bere. Tbe psbbo bad gat 

 to sjxpir tbe sew bag fowls as Cocbizs, asd 

 woELsd Tse no ocber word: and so lise TT-'-nif' 

 stack, in tbe teedi of tbe facs, aaad bouds ne 

 Seld to rhV= dsy. 



t>orts from Sban^bae. 'l^~-= been tbe 7t\h~t'- scgetcs 



frocn which Cckthirs were tn^ 



Amenca bas bad many 



tioQS. Mr. ■pnntbard's stock was mainly &de3 



Mr. Sturgeon, tbe latter ieetrng mm tbooce 



tbe dark birds whkb ceigmaied ibe panri^es, 

 cdiCi!:^ V^^g t - e s y T?vy-TTi ia tbe brasdi^ s£ 



