Cock, full Brother to fuch as have excelled in 

 the Match, or elfe a Pair of Sifters, you are iure 

 to be upon a Certainty : Thus, by frequenting 

 Meetings, it is poffible to get a Cock of one, 

 and a Pair of Hens of another, and fo enter im- 

 mediately upon a good Breed. 



Having fhewn the fpeedieft and moft certain 

 Methods for the Attainment of good Fowl, I 

 fliall endeavour next to fliew how to continue 

 them ; as there are great Difficulties to go thro* 

 before a good Breed is, generally fpeaking, to 

 be attain'd, fo are they as great in the Continu- 

 ance of them : Any infignificant trifling Breeder 

 may meet with a good Breed by Chance, but 

 they are no fooner pofleft of them, than they 

 immediately ruin their Conftitution by bad Ma- 

 nagement, elfe how ftiould fo many good Breeds 

 have been deftroy'd in a few Years as I could 

 mention, was it not for Want of Judgment in 

 crofling of them ; fbmetimes two or three Years 

 are thrown away by too long a Continuance of 

 them together ; other fometimes they fly from 

 that Way of Breeding, when it is neceflary they 

 fliould be continued, which fliews, that there 

 ought to be no general Rule for either, but 

 fhould be continued a longer or Ihorter Time juft 

 as they turn out in Shape and Conftitution; 

 fome Fowl will preferve a good Shape till they 

 arrive at the Age of Seven or Eight-, others, 

 which might be very fit to fight at Two, will 

 decline, and grow out of Shape, at Three or 

 Four, at the moft ; the fame with Regard to 

 their Conftitution ; all which proceed from the 



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