GAME FOWLS. Ill 



weight of the imported stock, in consequence of the rigor of "the 

 climate, but at Fort des Moines, Iowa, 1 hope to get the size, as well 

 as the courage, and I am positive it can be done in the balmy climate 

 of the South. I shall take the first opportunity to supply my friend 

 T. B. Miner, Esq., of Clinton, N. Y., with some of the best of thia 

 stock to add to his most magnificent collection of the gallinaceous race. 



The hucksters of Boston have injured the reputation of these superb 

 Games, in some sections, by palming off half-bloods for the genuine 

 stock ; but the pure bloods never fail to give perfect satisfaction, both 

 as to beauty of plumage and stalwart Game qualities. They are 

 equal to any Games in the world, either for the "pit" or the "spit." 



J. C. BENNETT. 



Fort des Moines, Iowa. 



The following is an extract from a letter from from S. H. 

 Austin, Esq., of 'Great Falls, N. H. : 



Capt. Palmer imported some of the largest Java Game fowls I ever 

 saw. I will mention one. afterwards owned by Mr. Henry Angel, 

 that weighed from eight and a half to nine pounds. He won 

 more than seventy-five battles, to my knowledge, and was never 

 whipped, but at last got both his eyes cut out. He was taken from 

 the pit, and kept blind for some time, and afterwards they killed him 

 and stuffed his skin. 



