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never at the end of each small batch of eggs, as I 

 find (my almost equal favourites) the Cochins do. 



" The division of light and dark Brahmas is a 

 fancy of the judges, which any one who keeps 

 them can humour with a little care in breeding. 

 My idea of their colour is, that it should be black 

 and grey, (iron grey, with more or less of a blue 

 tinge, and devoid of any brown) on a clear, white 

 ground, and I do not care whether the white or 

 the marking predominates. I believe breeders 

 could bear me out, if they would, when I say 

 many fowls which pass muster as Brahmas are 

 the result of a cross employed to increase size 

 and procure the heavy colour which some of the 

 judges affect. 



" It gives me great pleasure to write these few 

 remarks on the good qualities of the Brahma, but 

 it is not needed, for I find they are making their 

 way into very general favour by their useful 

 properties. 



" E. Watts." 



" Marton House, South End. 

 Hampstead, London." 



