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left uncovered for an hour ; in the afternoon he 

 was given another half cup of barley, but no 

 water. On the fifth day, three meals of cock 

 bread, but no water 



The sixth was "weighing day"; early in 

 the morning the bird received some cock bread. 

 After he had passed the scales, he was given a 

 good meal of barley and water, and sometimes 

 a little minced sheep's heart. On the seventh 

 clay his morning meal was barley, that in the 

 afternoon cock bread and the white of a hard 

 boiled egg ; also a little water 



Throughout this course of training he was 

 kept quiet in a room from which light was 

 excluded for the greater part of the day 



On the eighth day he received about forty 

 grains of barley, and was then prepared for the 

 pit : he was "cut out " for fighting, i.e., wings 

 rounded, hackle and saddle feathers cut shorter, 

 feathers about the vent cut close off, and the 

 feathers of the tail cropped, leaving only the 

 vane or fan whose length was reduced by half. 

 He was then ready to be "shown " in the pit, 

 preliminary to being heeled for fighting 



This w r as the course of preparation for eight 

 days ; but ten days \vas the more usual period. 

 Eight ounces was as much as any cock should 

 gain or lose during the training 



