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GAME FOWLS. 



SUMATRA PHEASANT GAME FOWLS. 



I now introduce the most celebrated Game fowls known. I 

 am not in favor of cock-fighting, by any means ; but as I have 

 undertaken to furnish a truthful history of the gallinaceous 

 tribes at least, those of the most important and valuable 

 breeds, I should fail to do justice to my subject, if I omitted 

 the Games. In some sections of our country, the rearing of 

 fowls for the " pit " is quite extensive, especially at the south ; 

 and the repugnance of the people in those sections to the prac- 



