THE BRAHMA POOTRA FOWL. 09 



Mrs. Williams then offers to procure for Dr. Bennett any 

 breed of fowls in England that he may desire the best that 

 England can produce ; and adds a glowing eulogy on Lord 

 Hill's Aylesbury ducks. Dr. Bennett has requested her to 

 procure him two pairs of these celebrated ducks ; one pair for 

 himself, and the other for me, from which I shall, I hope, be 

 able to introduce, in connection with Dr. Bennett, some of the 

 best ducks in the world. 



The fowls sent to Mrs. Williams, have created much excite- 

 ment in England with those who have seen or heard of them. 

 The following extract is from a letter by Wm. Gust Gwynne, 

 M. D., of Sandbach, Cheshire, England, to Dr. Bennett : 



" Dear Sir, I have been so charmed with the accounts sent me by 

 Mrs. Hozier Williams, of Eaton, Mascott, near Shrewsbury, of her 

 pair of Brahma Pootra fowls, and with your description in the North- 

 ern Farmer, which Mrs. Williams received from you, and forwarded 

 to me, that I am resolved, if possible, to possess myself of the birds." 



Dr. Gwynne then goes on to say, that he has remitted a 

 Bank of England note, equal to $24, for a pair of chickens of 

 this kind, but if that is not enough he will send more ; but he 

 must have a pair, let them cost what they may, <fec. 



I allude to those matters to show that this breed of fowls 

 was unknown in England previous to Mrs. Williams receiving 

 her samples, and also to show that other people besides 

 Americans are willing to pay high prices for them. If these 

 fowls are not what they are represented to be, then we must 

 admit that we can place no confidence whatever in the written 

 statements and opinions as expressed in public prints. 



The portraits of those fowls here shown, were got up in a 

 plain way not to sell the fowls, as many are, and they are in- 

 ferior in appearance to the fowls themselves, yet quite true to 

 their general form and proportions. 



