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more savoury ; but, although this proved to 

 be only a fanciful experiment, yet, in fattening 

 them for the table, attention should be paid 

 to heighten these separate qualities. The 

 cock should therefore have, now and then, 

 along with his corn, a clove of garlick chop- 

 ped, with a small quantity of either raw or 

 dressed meat given daily, until within a fort- 

 night of the time when he is to be killed ; 

 during which time he should have nothing 

 but grain — chiefly barley -meal made into 

 paste with ale and molasses, or strong broth. 



In the feeding of the hen, meat and garlick 

 should however be omitted; while rice and 

 sago — both or either — should be boiled in 

 milk until thick, and given warm : the drink 

 should also be milk. The hen should be 

 cooped a fortnight before she is to be used ; 

 and both she and the cock should occasionally 

 have a few grains of whole pepper, or mus- 

 tard-seed, thrown to them at discretion: to 

 which also should be added a little fine gravel, 

 or a pounded bone, or oyster-shell. 



It is not however very usual, either in this 

 country or on the continent, to make any dis- 

 tinction in the mode of feeding the cock and 



