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similar acknowledgement to make, respect- 

 ing capons, never having had any success 

 in cutting either fowls or rabbits for such 

 purposes, nor in truth, much affecting the 

 practice, which, however, has long been 

 successfully carried on by the breeders of 

 Sussex and Berks, and seems to have been 

 almost entirely confined to that part of the 

 country In fact, the mode of performing 

 tiie operation seems to be utterly unknown 

 elsewhere, or granting that the common 

 cutters and cow-leeches have some specu- 

 lative knowledge thereon, they generally kill 

 the patient, in their attempt at the prac- 

 tice. The Chinese are said to be particu^ 

 larly skilful in this operation, the outline of 

 which, according to their mode, I give as a 

 matter of curiosity. The wings of the Jowl are 

 folded back till they meet, and the lejt foot 

 of the opei^ator is jj laced uvon them, the 

 great toe of his right foot pressing upon 

 the legs to keep them fist. Ajter pulling 

 thejeathers, an incision is made^ one inch 

 long, and one inch from the spine, obliquely 

 downward and forward. The reader may 

 smile at that which may be deemed false 



