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fiHANGHAE FOWLS. 



DE GRUY'S SHANGHAES. 



A. Verloin De Gruy, Esq., of the firm of H. Tete & Co., 

 Commission Merchants, No. 28 Conti st., New Orleans, to whom, 

 as a celebrated importer and breeder of fowls, I have previously 

 alluded, owns the fowls of which the above cut is a true repre- 

 sentation from life. My New Orleans correspondents who have 

 seen these fowls, and others belonging to this gentleman, are 

 rapturous in praises of them, and I have no doubt that he has, 

 as it is said, the most magnificent collection south of Mason & 

 Dixon's line, the Potomac. I make the following extract from 

 a letter from Dr. Bennett : 



" DE GRUY'S IMPORTATION. This is one of the very best importations 



