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sequently) " vBiy fine," of course. I bred these, with other 

 grey stock I had, at once, and soon bad a fine lot of birds 

 to dispose of — to which I gave what I have always deemed 

 their only true and appropriate title (as they came from 

 Bhanghae), to wit. Grey Shanghaes. 



In 1851 and '62 I had a most excellent " run of luck " 

 with these birds. I distributed them all over the country, 

 and obtained very fair prices for them ; and, finally, the 

 idea occurred to me that a present of a few of the choicest 

 of these birds to the Queen of England would n't prove a 

 very bad advertisement for me in this line. I had already 

 reaped the full benefit accruing from this sort of " disinter- 

 ested generosity" on my part, toward certain ilwiericaw 

 notables (whose letters have already been read in these 

 pages), and I put my newly-conceived plan into execution 

 forthwith. 



I then had on hand a fine lot of fowls, bred from my 

 "imported" stock, which had been so much admired, and 

 I selected from my best "Grey Shanghae" chickens nine 

 beautiful birds. They were placed in a very handsome 

 black-walnut-framed cage, and after having been duly 

 lauded by several first-rate notices in the Boston and New 

 York papers, they were duly shipped, through Edwards, 

 Sanford & Co.'s Transatlantic Express, across the big pond, 

 addressed in purple and gold as follows : 



