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produce fuch a Taint in their Pofterity as is not 

 worth recovering ; others there are whole Plume 

 is rather ihorter and more gaudy, and is not ea- 

 fily difcover'd if the Breeder or Feeder is not a 

 competent Judge: This Taint may either be na- 

 tural or acquired ; if natural, the Fowl on one 

 Side, if not both, might be youthful, which pro- 

 duc'd it, but through bad Walking, Irregulari- 

 ty of Diet, or getting batter'd, become tainted ; 

 therefore it is not old Age altogether that produ- 

 ces taintedFowl v tho' very liable, becaufe we lee 

 that in other Creatures as well as them, iome are 

 more capable of doing Bufinefs in advanc'd 

 Years than others, which ihouid be in their beft 

 Days and Prime of Life, occafion'd by the dif- 

 ferent Conftitutions of Fowl they are bred from, 

 and Management afterwards. 



Others there are which have a Confumptive 

 Taint from Nature, and don't difcover it fo 

 much in long and loofe Feathers, as by having 

 a pale Complexion and thin Meagre Body ; and 

 tho' thele are far from being properly called a 

 rotten Cock, yet the Constitution is fo ve- 

 ry dry, that they will not ftand the Pens 

 without great Detriment, tho' this Taint as 

 often proceeds from bad Ufage as any natural 

 Caufe; as for Inftance, when Staggs are taken 

 up into Pens to be cut, which I hold neceflary 

 becaufe it makes them familiar againft the Time 

 of corning up to feed, yet moft Breeders are apt 

 to keep them up too long, which if they be 

 neglected during that Time, and have not Plenty 

 of frefh Water, as well as proper Food, it will 



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