THE CORAL, OR BOLTON GREYS. 23 



thod, in order to drain off the blood, and insure the 

 whiteness of the chicken ! If the neck be broken by 

 the finger and thumb, according to the practice of the 

 London poulterers, the birds die instantly ; at any 

 rate, lose from the moment all sensibility of pain. 

 My own method is to brace the wings, and taking 

 hold of the head, to give them three or four turns, by 

 which the neck is broken. They may then be hung 

 up by the legs, and the blood will settle in the neck 

 and head, for which an outlet may be made by an 

 incision in the throat. 



The Coral, or the Bolton Greys. 



This variety, apparently the crack breed of their 

 vicinity, but entirely unknown in the Metropolis, is 

 described by the Rev. Mr. Ashworth, as follows 

 " Small sized, short in the leg and plump in the 

 make. The colour of the genuine kind, invariably 

 pure white in the whole lappel of the neck ; the body 

 white, thickly spotted with bright black, sometimes 

 running into a grizzle, with one or more black bars 

 at the extremity of the tail ; they are chiefly esteemed 

 as very constant layers, though their colour would 

 mark them for good table fowl." Certain other breeds 

 are described, but they do not appear to possess any 

 title to distinction. 



The author has to return his acknowledgments to 

 the Rev. J. A. Ashworth, Vicar of Tamworth, near 

 Bolton, Lancashire, for a very extensive communica- 

 tion on the various subjects of this little book, trans- 

 mitted to the publisher ; as also, for the living speci- 



