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and neck, in order to make him lighter in the 
firft place, and befides to give his enemy the lefs 
opportunity of taking hold, by this he is“fo altered 
that he would fcarcely be known. 
Great care is taken of the breed; indeed the 
fame attention is paid to it as to the breed of race 
horfes, and it has: been perhaps as much improved. 
England was famous for its poultry before 
the time of Julius Czfar, which is more than 
1800 years ago. 
They are faid to come originally from Perfia. 
Now they are found wild in the ifland of Tinian, 
and in other iflands of the Indian ocean. In their 
wild {tate their plumage is black and yellow, and 
their wattles purple and yellow. The flefhy fub- 
{tance near the lower mandible is called the wattles. 
It is imagined they were firft brought to Eng- 
land by the Phoenicians. The Phoenicians lived 
in Turkey in Afia, near Mount Lebanon, on the 
coaft of the Mediterranean fea, and were famous 
for their extenfive commerce. 
Sometimes teeth have been tranfplanted into 
the comb of a Cock, and have continued to grow 
there as in a kind of nurfery bed, ready to be re~ 
moved again into the gums of perfons who have 
been obliged to have their own drawn. 
And fometimes a {pur from the leg of one ick, 
has been engrafted into the comb of another, 
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