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turkey, and I shall now pass on to the general 

 history of the bird, and, through presenting what 

 has been collected for us by the best authors on 

 the subject, endeavor to show how, after the 

 wild turkey was found in America by different 

 navigators and explorers, it was brought, from 

 time to time, to several of the countries of the Old 

 World — chiefly Spain and Great Britain — from 

 whence it probably was taken, upon different 

 occasions, into other countries of the continent. 



Wild turkeys have always been easy to cap- 

 ture, and we are aware of the fact that they are 

 quite capable of crossing the Atlantic on ship- 

 board in comfort and safety, landing in as good 

 a condition — if properly cared for during the 

 voyage — as when they left America. Josselyn 

 (1672) in his New England Rarities (p. 9) has not 

 a little to say on this point. 



As already stated, the literature and bibli- 

 ography of the turkey is quite sufficient to fill a 

 good many volumes. Nothing of imporance, 

 however, has been added to it, gainsaying what 

 we now have as a truthful account of the bird's 

 introduction into Europe. Indeed Buff on (Ois, 



