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PE Ren ees 
of the POULTRY KIN 

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"Turs clafs is the rnoft harmlefs, as well as the 
moffferviceable to man. It. not only furnifhes the 
table of the epicure with various dainties, but alfo 
forms a confiderable addition to the neeeffaries of life. 
The rapacious kind may argufe us in the fports of the 
field, andthe warbling fongfter, with its melodious 
voice, delight us in the grove; but-none can equal 
the effential fervice,: and folid advantages of the do-. - 
meftic poultry. They are a fource of’wealth to the 
peafantry, who keep them at a fmall expenfe, efpe-. 
cially at farm houfes. and where they have a rangé 
of common; which the prodigious influx of eggs and. 
_ fowls, continually pouring into the markets of this 
' great and opulent metropolis, daily teftify. ‘ 
They ‘were originally of foreign origin; but time 
and the climate has fo inured them to. us, that they. 
are now confidered as natives ; ahd, by their great in- 
creafe, form no inconfiderable part of merchandize. — 
As the rapacious kind are formed for war, this 
feems equally defirous of peace. They are naturally 
indolent and voluptuous; have a {trong ftemach, u- 
fually called a gizzard, which makes them very vo- 
racious ; while pent up, €ven, and feparated from 
their companions, they ftill’ enjoy the pleafure of eat- 
‘ing, and will’ grow fat, while many of the wilder {pe- 
ies pine away, and refufe even common fuftenance. © 
It is particularly remarkable of this clafs of birds, 
that, though naturally fond of fociety, their fenfual 
appetites are fuch, as to admit of no connubial fidel-’ 
ity, which is fuch a. diftinguifhing charatteriftic in 
birds of the rapacious kind, fuch as the eagle, &c. 
whofe connexions, when once formed, never end but 
with their lives. ah ges 
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