54 THE WILD TURKEY AND ITS HUNTING 



the question ; it being generally agreed that they 

 are exotic in respect to that continent." 



"Neither are they found in any part of Asia 

 Minor, or the Asiatic Turkey, notwithstanding 

 ignorance of their true origin first caused them 

 to be named from that empire. About Aleppo, 

 capital of Syria, they are only met with, do- 

 mesticated like other poultry. (Russel, 63). 

 In Armenia they are unknown, as well as in 

 Persia; having been brought from Venice by 

 some Armenian merchants into that empire 

 (Ta vernier, 145), where they are still so scarce 

 as to be preserved among other rare fowls in the 

 royal menagery" (Bell's Travels, 1. 128). 



"Du Halde acquaints us that they are not 

 natives of China; but were introduced there 

 from other countries. He errs from misin- 

 formation in saying that they are common in 

 India." 



"I will not quote Gemelli Careri, to prove that 

 they are not found in the Philippine Islands, 

 because that gentleman with his pen traveled 

 round the world in his easy chair, during a very 

 long indisposition and confinement, (Sir James 



