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turbed at all ; thefe and other Reafons there are 

 to be given, why Cocks do noc preferve their 

 Confutations fo long nor fo perfect as Hens do ; 

 but provided one fliares the fame Fate, either of 

 good or bad Management, in every individual 

 Refpect as the other, they are equally as merito- 

 rious, nor is it in the Power of either of them to 

 breed fteady Fowl, without pretty near an e- 

 qual Share of Blood of each Side. I have alrea- 

 dy fhewn that the celebrated Tltmouth Hens of 

 Wilkiris, were incapable of breeding good Fowl 

 with as active and healthful a Cock as I ever faw, 

 and bred for thorough Game ; fo in like Man- 

 ner was Mr Bojlonts old Duck-Wing Hens let 

 down by a Cock that was deficient in Blood, 

 which Hens might juftly be faid to be the high- 

 eft bred Hens upon Earth ; they were got by 

 the renowned Hero the Old Duck-Wing before 

 he fought, and out of Alderman Browns Old 

 half Tlimouth and half Black Joke Hen. In- 

 liances of this Nature arc endlefs, and I believe 

 it is chiefly owing to this Pradice, that tome 

 have got a Notion, breed as you will, there 

 lhall be fuch Difference in Brothers, that fome 

 will be very good, others but indifferent, to 

 which I agree if there be a Want of Blood of ei~ 

 ther Side, and will differ as much in their Na- 

 ture as they frequently do in Feather ; fome 

 will take after the good Kind and be pretty near 

 as good as them, others after the bad, and 

 will partake a very little Share of the good, o- 

 thers upon a Medium ; but if Fowl are tho- 

 rough bred on both Sides, and regularly croft 



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