6(5 



HES SHOW AVD HEN FETER. 



HEN SHOW AND HEW FEVBR. 



b- my I'.'ltcrof last ■ v. nine;. I proniisoil yon 

 iconic further iiccount of thocro»iii'_; iiiMtch now 

 holLling in the prcat Boston liciiriKist, whffc I 

 have spent the day ; and now, ixftcr retiring to 

 my own room, I will give you my reflections 

 upon it No opportunity was ever, before nliord- 

 cd in America, for so extensive an examination 

 and comparison of varieties, as arc here exhib- 

 ited. The number, as 1 stated last evennig, is 



TIIK cr.BAT MALAY FOWX. FlO. 9. 



v:tr:o:isly esiimate.l from 6;&00 to 15,000. Tlie 

 t^ccretary iiil'orms mo that three fifths of the 

 whole ,i.rc those ovor^-rown, oicrpuflfod animals 

 known as ShanKhae, ChitTapeiifr, and Cochin- 

 <"hir.n bi,-ds, and prt-tty iiri/.< they are. Some 

 '•f the first-named, are the most outlandish, ill- 





coop which contained one of these feather-leg- 

 ged brutes — about the ugliest specimen in the 

 whole lot, I t(X)k the liberty of introducing 

 myself, and peeped over his shoulder while he 

 drew the portr.iit of a fellow, which looked as 

 though he might have been the paternal ances- 

 tor of the original Shangh;ie family. After hav- 



ReIj 8!!A\l.IIAF. C\u_K. FliJ. ]). 



iugcomjililfd Ihf Jrauini;, which had a ver}' life- 

 like ^'nrtuii-hi!:h>sh appearance, he gave an extra 

 v.iak \\ith his laughter-loving eye, as much as 



THE BA?rrAM nmn,. — Fn;. 10. 

 looking, unloveable of all living things I ever 

 saw clotfced in feathers — tlioAnlea minor, sand- 

 hill crane, or turkey biizJcard, not excepted. 

 Observing a gentleman whom I reeognisiHl as 

 a di.stinguished frif nd ut'ull sorts of agricultural , /. 

 improvement, but dead set against humbug^ ; /. 

 busy with pencil ami paper by the side of a \ 



Box-ton Grets. — Fig. 12. 



to say "wlial"s a cock without a name," and 

 wrote underneath the sketch, " Firfi jirrmium 

 R(l Shjti^liiic Cock. Wri^hl entire, lh\nl, neck, 



:f. .';.i/v,s- arj clairs indiidfil, 1 1 lbs. 13 oz, Esli. 



lUlllin^'mnfUmii, lib. lioz.";!! 



I enclc-e the sketch, which I hope you will 



