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out about Windsor to obtain a stock ; but they are 

 supposed to have mostly perished, although some of 

 them, or their descendants, were seen for a few years 

 afterwards." Unfortunately, Daniel has omitted 

 to give his authority for this statement, which is 

 the more to be regretted since it relates to what is 

 believed to be the first attempted introduction of the 



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"red-leg" in this country — an experiment, in fact, 

 which preceded those of which we have more 

 certain information by about a century! In or 

 about the year 1770 several noble sportsmen appear 

 to have combined in importing eggs from France, 

 and hatching them out under hens on their estates 

 in different parts of the country. In East Suffolk 

 the Marquis of Hertford and Lord Rendlesham 

 turned out a good many at Sudbourn and 



