NATURAL HISTORY. gu: 
The cock, like the bull, wild and irregular in his 
appetites, ranges from one hen to another, ftruts as 
bout the farm yard, like a Sultan in his feraglio, and 
confidersievery one of ls {ex as his rival and enemy? 
Carelefs ofhis progeny, he leaves to the femaleall the 
¢are of providing for the young ; which fhe performs 
with the greateft maternal care and tendernefs, till 
they are cupable of providing for themfelves.. ; 
. The hen, equally devoid of fidelity and attacpment 
with. the cock, when he meets and engages with a 
rival, ftands an unconnected {pectator of the conflict, 
and readily receives the embraces of the conqueror. © 
“The cock, ‘when oppofed to a bird of prey, is tim- 
erous and cowardly ; but when in oppofition to one 
f his own fpecies, he is naturally vahant, feldom 
eaving his antagonift pntil he is- killed or taken from 
him ; many, fhameful inftances of which are’ too fre- 
gucatly es in different’partsofthe world. 
“Yhis ‘¢lals includes alfo the turkey, Guinea hen, 
pheafant, buftard, groufe, partridge and quail ; but, 
as theirfeveral propenfities are not fo particularly dif- 
tinguifhable as the preceding, we fhall content our. 
feives with defcribing them in their proper places, 
Mott of the birds of this clafs.:are’ remarkable: for 
the whitenefs and purity of their fiefh, as well as for 
their bulk. They have ftrong bills to pick up their 
food, which principally contifts of grain and worms; 
queen wings, which render them flow in 
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-F all birds, the cock feems to have been the firft 
reclaimed from the. foreft, to gratify the luxury and 
amufement of man. ‘This bird, in its domeftic flate, 
undergoes many variations. -{n Japan, there is a {pe- 
cies of this fowl, which feems te be covered with hair 
