go THE NATURAL HISTORY 
formed out of and nourifhed by the white, till it 
de in part crown, afterwards the yolk ferves for 
‘ts nourifhment, and indeed for fome little time 
after it is hatched ; for a good part of the yolk — 
remains within the Chicken, and helps to mP- 
port its oi E 
The crowing of the jee is very different fr om a 
the cry of the Hen, and much louder: he crows 
by night and by day, and at that time flaps his 
fides with his wings; he may be confidered ag 
the villagers clock. ~ He reofts generally on one 
lez, and hides his head under one of his wings. 
b? 
The true Game Cock is a very courageous 
bird, and will rather fuffer himfeif to be killed : 
than run away. 
In fome nations there are men fo cruel as to- 
breed them on purpofe to fight with one another, 
and they will wager great fums of money ona 
battle. ‘This cuftom is common among the Chi«. 
~pefe, the inhabitants of the Phillipine Iflands, of 
Java, and of fome parts of America; and it is a 
pity that we cannot fay that it is no longer prac- 
tifed in England. The Game Cocks of this 
_ country are allowed to be more courageous than 
_thofe of any other. Before the battle, it is cul-. 
tomary to cut off part of the tail, and of the 
ieinagie and of the flefhy | fubftance about the head 
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