The IVild Turkey, 29 



Ea ope. The fact, however, seems to be 

 .sufBciently ascertained, that the turkey was 

 cnth'ely unknown to the old world, and that 

 it had neither Greek nor Latin names, until 

 it received the modern Latin denomination 

 of inekagris. 



The turkey was seen in America, by the 

 first discoverers, and intituled by the 

 Spanish doctor Fernandez, gallus Indiciis, 

 and gallus pavo, the peacock of the In- 

 dies. They were both in a wild and do- 

 mesticated state in America, on the ar- 

 rival of the Spaniards, the wild being re- 

 presented as of the largest size, reaching 

 even the weight of sixty pounds, and of a 

 superior flavour, but the flesh of a red 

 colour. There is, however, some discre- 

 pancy in these accounts, certain of our 

 voyagers representing the wild turkeys of 

 Virginia as carrion, utterly unfit to be 

 eaten, and express their disappointment 

 in the expectat'on of a good meal from 

 some which they shot from a tree. 



This bird, of such worth and conse- 

 quence for domestic use, w^as most pro^ 



