POULTRY, HISTORY, ETC. 
S99 
that Gomer, the son of Japhet, took his name from the cock, and hence 
it has been inferred that he was the first to domesticate the species. As 
well might some future historian attribute the domestication of various 
Pair Emisdkn Geese. 
wild and domestic animals of our time to the savage Indian, (fhoe* fancy 
ifiuds him to accept the name of various wild beasts and birds os hi* owa, 
* 
