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No. 11. 



Cr. B. BuRNHAM, Boston. 



Sib : When I paid you f 25 (twenty-five dolls.) for 

 a pair of Cochin- China chickens, according to your own 

 terms, I did not suppose you wo^^d dare to send to me 

 (whom you must know to be a judge of all kinds of poul- 

 try) a pair of Shanghaes, instead of those I ordered ! * I 

 • want none but pttre-hxeA fowls in my collection, nor will I 

 have them there, either. I have now a plenty of the 

 Shanghaes, and I ordered a pair of Cochin-Chinas of you. 

 Now, I want to know what you will do in this matter. 

 Will you send me a pair of ^ Cochins, or not? That is all 

 I want to know at present. From 



Yours, truly, 



P. S. I am a lawyer hj profession ; and I submit to no 

 imposition of this sort, you may be sure. 



Ho. 12. 

 g. p. buknham. 



Mt Deak Sib : 



The magnificent " Cochin- China " birds you for- 

 warded me last are the admiration of every one who be- 

 holds them ; and I ac: greatly your debtor for this superb 



lot of fowls. My neighbor, Hon. Mr. M , .desires me 



to request you to forward him four as nearly like mine as 



* Here was a " lawyer," who knew the differeum between a Cochin- 

 China and a Shanghae '. 



