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breeders may elect, — adnlitting, at the same time, thattbej' ;< 

 are feally a very superior biid, and believing that if care- 

 fully bred they may be found decidedly the most valuable 

 among all the large Chinese breeds, of •which they are 

 clearly a good vajriety." 



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"A large sum of money was expended at this exhibition, 

 by visitors, amateurs and breeders, — one gentleman invest-;^ 

 ing upwards of $700 iii choice fowls ; another, from the 

 South, purchasing to the amount of $350 for extra sam- 

 ples ; another bought $200 worth, etc. The highest figures 

 ever yet paid on this side of the Atlantic (for individual 

 parchases) were realized at this show. 



"Samples of the China stock originally imported from 

 Shanghae were very plentiful on this occasion, and the high " 

 reputation of this blood was fully sustained in the specimens 

 exhibited. Very superior fowls, bred from G. P. Bum- 

 ham's importations of Cochin-Chinas, were also numerous, 

 and were sold, in four or five instances, at the very highest 

 prices paid for any samples that were disposed of." 



Among the premiums awarded to the Chinese fowls by- 

 tbia " Committee, " were the following: 



'■' OfiiNA Fowls. — To H. 11. Williams, best cock and 

 two hens (of Bumham's Canton importation), $5. To C. ' 

 Sampson, West Roxbury, best cock and single hen (Bum- 

 ham's Canton importation), $3. To H. H. Williams. 



