200 A. MONOGRAPH OF THE PHEASANTS 
friend Lieut.-Colonel D. C. Phillott, for the Asiatic Society of Bengal, the translation 
being as close as the English language will permit. 
‘The cocker must know that there are in Hindustan four breeds of fowl. First, 
there is the fez, or common barn-door fowl, kept for domestic purposes; second, the 
ghagas or cross between the game-fowl and the ew? third, the arnatak, a breed in 
which the skin, bones, tongue, eyes, and blood are all black; this breed is useless for 
fighting ; and fourth, the as#/ or Indian game-fowl, which is kept for fighting only. 
“The points of the Indian game-cock are: beak white, shanks white, eyes white 
and blood-shot (if the white of the eye be slightly yellowish it does not signify), the 
comb of medium size, the jaw and cheeks large and hard and with little flesh, the bones 
of the neck small, the whole neck being like an iron bar, the pope’s nose large, the tail- 
feathers small, and the jaws and wings not fleshy. Its crow is not as long as that of 
the barn-door cock. The best breed is obtained from Haiderabad, Deccan. 
“When the game-cockerels are a year old, the cocker should keep them apart, 
feeding them on dajva or millet wetted in water. Should éajva not be obtainable, he 
must substitute wheat-flour mixed with butter. In either case he must give them but 
little water to drink. When the cockerel is in high condition, he must foment it with 
butter (the hand is warmed before the fire, the palm and fingers dipped in butter and 
pressed on the joints), and begin feeding it on the yolks of two eggs to begin with. 
The following is the method of feeding on the yolks of eggs :— 
“Take the yolk of one egg, one fo/@ (about 200 grains) of butter, one masha of 
Sambhar salt, and four ma@shas of pepper-corns; mix together and half-fry, and give 
to the cockerel, giving it water every third or fourth day. This will make it strong 
and lusty. 
“Another receipt. Take the yolks of 200 eggs, of musk 2 mdashas, of good 
ambergris 2 mashas, of saffron 2 mashas, of white-shifted sugars 5 sevs, of almond 
kernels 2} sevs, of kernels of the Edible Pine 14 sevs, of pista kernels 2 sevs, of 
walnut kernels 1 sev, of butter 6 sevs, and of fine wheaten flour 5 sevs. First fry 
the flour well in the butter, and then cast in the shifted sugar. Next add all the 
ingredients (with the exception of the saffron), having previously pounded them 
well. Then add to the mixture the saffron well rubbed down in “ewva water.” 
The first day give one Zo/@ as a dose, and on the top of that a feed of wheaten flour 
unmixed with butter, so that the grease may be removed from the cock’s throat. Then 
put on the muzzle, either the leather-muzzle or the string-muzzle (so that it may 
neither pick up any grit nor drink) and let it loose to exercise itself. There are two 
times for exercise, first early in the morning till seven o'clock, when the cockerel should 
be fed, spouted (spouting is spraying the bird with water from the mouth, @ da a Chinese 
laundryman) with water, and confined under a square or around coop. At four o'clock 
it must be released, spouted as before, and muzzled and freed for exercise till five 
o’clock. The cock should be studied, to see whether it has increased in strength or not. 
If the cock is lusty and strong, more Za/wa should be given to it and less flour. If it 
is not strong and has become fat, it should, at night, be dry-fomented with a pad. If 
fat has collected on the /angot (stomach), it must be reduced by dry fomentation, and 
the cock must be kept confined in a warm place away from cold air. In the morning 
it should be fought for two Aant—{do pani: a match is made for many faz or intervals 
