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however, their love of liberty, they bear confinement as well as any fowls. In a 
dingy, dirty, or smoky locality, Brahmas keep clean better than any other fowls 
which have white in the plumage. The hens sit less frequently than Cochins, and 
a week’s change of place will generally make them give up the fancy. 
Whether Brahmas form a distinct variety, or whether they are a made kind, 
commenced with a cross and established by careful breeding, is a question of little 
importance. The accusation has been brought against them that no one for a 
certainty knows their origin; and may we not say the same of all our best 
varieties of fowls, with only the difference of going a few years further back? 
Whatever may have been their origin, they are now distinct and true to their 
characteristics.” 
