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CHAPTER III. 



Different sorts of domestic fowls — The Game-breed — Cock- 

 fighting — Pugnacity of the cock — The Dorking fowl — 

 Capons and Poulardes — The Malay, or Chittagong breed, 

 origin and size of — Polish and Spanish breeds — Everlast- 

 ing layers — The Shack-back — The Crested — Hybrids and 

 fancy- breeds — The Bantam ; anecdote of — The Barn- 

 door fowl — The Dunghill cock — Observations. 



So great has recently been the rage for im- 

 provement in all sorts of live-stock, and more 

 particularly in those species of poultry called 

 "fancy-breeds," that what with foreign im- 

 portations from abroad, and crosses among 

 the different kinds at home, there is scarcely 

 a pure distinct race of any sort to be now met 

 with. The few which still bear that charac- 

 ter as known in this country, and to which 

 we shall confine our present description, are 

 the Game ; the Dorking ; the Malay, or 

 Chittagong; the Polish and the Spanish; 

 the Crested; the Bantam; and the Common 

 Domestic, or Dunghill. 



The Game-cock is of a slender, graceful 



