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of the Shanghaes with the Oahus are rather smaller, shorter 

 legged, and lighter colored, than the original Shanghaes, but 

 most excellent layers. I am in possession of some stock of this 

 excellent breed, which I obtained from S. A. Drake, Esq., of 

 Fiskdale, of which the following portrait is an exact resem- 

 blance, drawn from the life, by Mr. Durivage. His weight is 

 nine pounds and a half. 



SHANGHAE FOWL. 



This fowl was imported by the Rev. Mr. Brown, a mission- 

 ary to China, from whom Mr. Drake obtained it, and in relation 

 to which he says : 



" Those Shanghae fowls were imported by a friend of mine, 

 Mr. Brown, who resided in China some ten years. He told me 

 that he had an opportunity to select the best breed of fowls in 

 that country, to which he had access, and that the natives prized 

 those which he brought home above all other breeds. 



