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and, as nearly as I could make the -warning out, it sounded 

 like " Take care !" 



And so I waited for the dinouemmit that was yet to 

 come. In the mean time, I had a friend who for five long 

 years had been religiously seeking for that incomprehensi- 

 ble and never-yet-come-at-able ignis faPuiis, a genuine 

 " Cochin- China" fowl of undoubted purity ! 



I had not heard of or from him for some weeks ; until, 

 one morning, sdbout this time, a near relative of his sent to 

 my house all that remained of this indefatigable searcher 

 after truth ; an accurate drawing of which I jpsta^tlj caused 

 to be made — and here it is ! 



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