

E R R O R tjje Firft. 



: Of making Choke of CO C KS for being /k> 

 cefsful y without any Regard to the Excellen- 

 cy of their Breed. 



MONG the great Variety of Crof- 

 fes that are made, I have obferved 

 a particular Sort that is endowed 

 with fuch an excellent Shape and 

 Conftitution, as enables them to do 

 great Execution ; and tho* the Breeder has de- 

 prived them either through Negled or want of 

 Judgment of that Share of Blood which is ne- 

 ; ceflary in all fighting Fowl, yet, by Virtue of 

 thofe other Qualifications, they will beat high 

 bred Cocks, which are wanting in thofe Re- 

 fpecls, that is, fuch as are tainted and withaf 

 deformed ; but fuppofe them to be tainted only, 

 k is fufficient to render them incapable of any 

 great Performance : It would be endlefs as well 

 as tedious to the Reader was I to enumerate a 



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