162 THE HISTORY OF 



birds. They were leggy, however, and stood up showy and 

 tall, and, to hole at, appearied advantageously to the fancy j' 

 at this reriod. In the maw of this bubble, thousands of 

 good dollars were thrown ; and no race of poultry ever had 

 the run that did these Greys, under various names, both in 

 thii country and in England. 



A most excellent Southern trade had sprung up, and large 

 shipments of fowls went forward to the West, from Massa- 

 chusetts, and to Charleston, Augusta, Mobile, New Orleans, 

 etc., where the fever broke out furiously, and continued, 

 without abatement, for three years or more. 



No buyers weye so liberal,, generally, and no men in the 

 world, known to Northern breedeirs, bought so extensively, as 

 did these fanciers in New Orleans and vicinity. They 

 purchased largely, from the very start : and the trade was 

 kept up with a singular vigor and enterprise, from the be- 

 ginning to the end. Orders, varying in value from $500 to 

 $1200 and $1500, were of almost weekly occurrence from 

 that region ; and in one instance, I sent forward to a gentle- 

 man in Louisiana, a single shipment for which he paid me 

 $2230 ! This occurred in September, 1853. 



In this same year, I sent, from January to December, to 

 another gentleman (at New Orleans), over fen thousand 

 dollars' worth of stock. 



The prices' for chickens ranged from $12 m $15 a pair, 

 to- $25 or $30, and, often $40 to $50, a pair. These rates 



