LESSON THIRTY-THREE. 
BREEDS OF THE DOMESTIC FOWL. 
1. Origin.—Two wild species are involved in the ances- 
try of the domestic fowl, or chicken, as this class of 
scratching birds is popularly called. 
One is the jungle fowl of India, 
China and the East Indies, and 
still common in those lands. The 
other race, now extinct, was the 
Malay or Aseel fowl. The Aseel 
is thought to have been the first 
fowl domesticated. It was of 
stocky body and broad, and’ not 
given to flight. On the other 
hand, the jungle fowl is active, Cock-A-DooDLE-po 
slender and flies with ease and pleasure. The early rear- 
ing of these heavier birds was in Oriental lands and of 
the lighter type along the Mediterranean coast. 
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