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I caused a copy to be taken from this portrait of the 

 Queen, and have had it engraved for this book ; it appears 

 as the frontispiece. 



Immediately after this paragraph appeared, a new zest 

 appeared to have been given to the Grey Shanghae trade. 

 Orders came from Canada and from Nova Scotia to a very 

 considerable amount ; and during this season my sales were 

 again very large. During the year 1853, I started and 

 raised over sixteen hundred chickens of all kinds ; but this 

 did not supply my orders. I bought largely, and paid high 

 prices, too, generally. But few persons were now doing 

 any business in the fowl-trade, except myself, however. 



The N. Y. Spirit of the Times published- portraits of 

 the birds sent to the Queen, and remarked that " the en- 

 graving represented six of the nine beautiful Grey Shang- 

 hae fowls lately presented to Her Majesty Victoria, Queen 

 • of Great Britain, by George P. Burnham, ESq., of Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



" These birds were forwarded by one of the last month's 

 Collins steamers, in charge of Adams & Co.'s Express, 

 and passed through this city on the 24th ult. Their extraor- 

 dinary size and fine plumage were the admiration of all 

 who examined them. The picture is from life, engraved by 

 Brown, and is a faithful representation of the birds, which 

 are very closely bred. 



The color of this variety of the China fowl is a light 



