DoMKSTIC FOWL. 



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THE TBTTE DORKIITG. 



figured above, now in my possession, out of condition and in heavy 

 moult weighs 10^ Ibs. ; if fed, and over moult, would be at least 

 2 Ibs. more.* 



What would William Ogleby, Esq., late Honorary Secretary to 

 the London Zoological Society, say, to fine Dorking being only 



* " Mr. Nolan brought the cock figured above, to our office, on the 23rd 

 January, when we had him weighed ; the bird was in moult, and his condition 

 much reduced. He weighed, in that state 10| Ibs., and we have no doubt that 

 when in full plumage and condition, he will weigh nearer 14 Ibs. than 12. We 

 can also state from our own knowledge, that the common roadside cock, even 

 in the Avildest districts in Ireland, would weigh, alive, from 7 to 9 Ibs." Ed. 

 Farmers' Gazette. 



