BRAHMA POOTRA. U3 



sailor (rather vague certainly) appeared in an 

 American town, (Boston or New York, I forget 

 which), with a new kind of fowl for sale, and 

 that a pair bought from him were the parents of 

 all the Brahmas. Uncertain as this appears, the 

 accounts of those who pretend to trace their 

 origin as cross-bred fowls is, at least, equally 

 so, and I believe we may just act towards the 

 Brahmas as we do with regard to Dorkings and 

 other good fowls, and be satisfied to possess a 

 first-rate useful kind, although we may be unable 

 to trace its genealogical tree back to the root. 



" Whatever may be their origin, I find them 

 distinct in their characteristics. I have found 

 them true to their points, generation after gener- 

 ation, in all the years that I have kept them. 

 The Pea-comb is very peculiar, and I have never 

 had one chicken untrue in this, among all that 

 I have bred. Their habits are very unlike the 

 Cochins. Although docile, they are much less 

 inert ; they lay a larger number of eggs, and sit 

 less frequently. Many of my hens only wish to 

 sit once a-year ; a few, oftener than that, perhaps 



twice or even three times in rare instances, but 



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