GAME FOWL.
The game fowl has been bred for centuries in England,' and/ at 'go remote k period as the fiohjan invasion was' foSid to be in existence'therej showing to the legions'of'Julius Ctesar that the birds, like the inhabitants', ! 'who, though armed, and wjthout' organisation or discipline, were possessed p| that courage, ana 1 endurance that they dit}'not know when they we]ie,bea'te,n, gaip, though still as a; than, if not more so, js not bredVor the purpose of fighting, to he out in the copktpit, hut for thei iflore,peaceful occupation of the show pen, where hjs gallant bearing, brave looks, and heautfu] plumage, still attract the admiring glancep of every visitov, and proves him, in spite of tho attractions of his formidable rivals, the brahmas and cochins, to be the pet of the people.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1002, 17 February 1882, Page 2
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134GAME FOWL. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1002, 17 February 1882, Page 2
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