MEtJALXtOSr PttEASANT. 



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nieiuhmiic in that situation. Tlio colours are 

 most brilJiaut, being principally purple, witii 



daxzliag, varytog^ a& ia the wattle of the turkey- 

 cock, acrorrlino; to the greater or le>iser degree 

 of passion exhibited by the bird- It is su])posed, 

 and no doubt correctly, that it is only to be found 

 aa Hie imth tpe^m&as of thk Mtd^ imp u Miaah 

 has not yet bom st rii , This beautiful appendage 

 is never perceived t«) der^eend, exce|iting ditring 

 the s]>ring months or pairing season of the year. 

 Tlie birds in Mr. liealc s aviary were procured 

 fijom ib^ YiwHi^ provinee, Ijo^d^sing npoa the 

 eoiiittey of Thitets h&1m not, liowever, mo^ 



iBoeded in his endeavours to obtain femah^s of this 

 elegant bird. I have coloured drawings of this 

 bird in my possession, correctly executed by a 

 Chittese attist.^ 



* The brilliancy of the Chinese colours for paintinj^ &c. 

 ■has oh^a he&a very liighly esetoHed a& being superior to 

 European. Wliat surprise must it create, then, when we are 

 infer med that the colours used are of English manufacture, 

 and tlie Chinese artists are eager for, and anxiously inquire 

 after, them. This reminds roe of^ the gross ignorance ScG-* 

 (jvicntly displayed hy our countrymen in foreign countries, — 

 purchasing English articles abroad at a high price as foreign 

 manu&ctttre^ and as unattaioiUfift tsL tiheir native land. It was 

 mentionctl as a fact, tliat n pciscm purchased an elegant Lon- 

 don clock in a shop at Canton, at a high price, to take to 



