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as could be bred from them in Old Age, and 

 at that Diiad van Cage, tho' I allow fome Fowl 

 are ib very excellent in their Nature, and retain a 

 good Shape Ib perfectly in Old Age, that they 

 breed to a Miracle, but for want of a Supply 

 of Youth and frefh Blood, will become flack- 

 mettled and fool-hardy in another Generation. 



A Defcription of the true 

 GAME-COCK. 



IN defcribing the true Game-Cocfc, I fliall 

 fpeak firft of his Shape, which is of fo great 

 Efficacy in Battle, that he cannot properly be 

 faid to be compleat without it, not but there 

 are good Cocks of all Shapes. 



A certain celebrated Breeder fays, that a Cock 

 ought to be form'd in Manner like a Sugar- 

 Loaf; which, in my Opinion, is a prepofterous 

 Comparifon, for the Truth of a Cock's Shape 

 confifts in a true Proportion, neither too long, 

 nor too fhort, too broad, nor too flat, too thick 

 backward or forward, or too thin; and tho 1 it 

 is allowed by at leaft two-thirds of Breeders, 

 that a Cock cannot be too thin backward, yet 

 I cannot fee that great Advantage in it, and the 

 Queftion is, whether thcfe is not as great 

 a Neceffity for Strength backward as for- 

 ward ? A flat fided Cock, if his Limbs are ftrong 

 and well proportioned, will be very adive, and 



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