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breed good in head points as tlie carrier ; but has it the grand lines of 

 ■the latter P After all, the best criterion to judge by is to note the 

 numbers of fanciers who breed and keep the various varieties, and to take 

 notice of the taste that prevails in other countries as vfell, otherwise 

 we might come to the conclusion that the dragoon is the choicest pigeon 

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