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may likewise be seen at the beautiful country seat of Timothy 

 G. Coffin, Esq., of New Bedford. 



No superior race exists in this country, except the Wild 

 Indian Game, with its crosses, (the Yankee Game and the 

 Pride of India being DECIDEDLY the best of all the breeds, pos- 

 sessing all the good laying qualities, combining fineness and 

 flavor of flesh with great size, excelling in beauty, and breed- 

 ing to the feather,) which, as will be seen by the descriptions 

 in the work, have the most savory flesh, and the most brilliant 

 plumage, of any known variety. 



In a communication published in the Boston Cultivator of 

 February 9, 1850, Mr. Rugg observes : 



" I am surprised that I, as well as some others, should have 

 thought it expedient or necessary to send across the Atlantic 

 for large fowls, when we have at home those which in every 

 respect are quite as good, and, in many respects, even much bet- 

 ter. I have no hesitation in saying, that, in the large breeds 

 and varieties, we are much in advance of the English breeders. 

 I will, therefore, record some of the results of my experience 

 and correspondence. 



In the first place, the fowl denominated Cochin China, said 

 to have been presented to the queen, a few years since, has 

 been described and drawn so variously and conflictingly, that 

 it is difficult to say what it really is ; especially as no one, save, 

 perhaps, the queen herself, or the person who presented the 

 fowl, seems to know whence or how it came into England. 

 The latest, and perhaps the most reliable description, repre- 

 sents the male bird as having a large, single, deeply-serrated 

 upright comb, of a bright scarlet color. The wattles are said 

 to be also large, wide, and pendent, and the legs of a flesh 

 color, sometimes slightly feathered. ' The feathers on the 

 breast and sides are of a bright chestnut-brown, well-defined, 

 giving a scaly or imbricated appearance to those parts. It is 



