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OUR

DOMESTIC FOWLS.

BY

W. C. L. MARTIN.

LONDON:

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY:

Instituted 1799.

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CONTENTS.-No. II.

Gallus Domesticus-(The common Fowl)
Gallus giganteus-(The Malay gigantic Fowl
Gallus Bankiva-(The Javanese Jungle-fowl)
Gallus Sonneratii-(Sonnerat's Jungle-fowl)
Gallus furcatus-(The Fork-tailed Cock of Java)
Gallus æneus-(The Bronzed Cock of Sumatra)
Euplocamus ignitus-(The Fire-backed Pheasant)

Pavo cristatus-(The Pea-fowl)

Meleagris gallopavo-(The Turkey)

Numida Meleagris-(The Guinea-fowl, or Pintado)
Columba livia-(The Rock Pigeon)

Anas sponsa-(The Summer, or Wood Duck of America)
Anas-(Domestic Duck)

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OUR DOMESTIC FOWLS.

INTRODUCTION.

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THE only history of man in his primeval condition is that contained in the book of Genesis. The records of that book the truthfulness of which modern discoveries tend more and more to confirm, (irrespective of the claim, which its internal evidence justifies, to the pen of inspiration,)-show us that our primitive forefathers were far removed from that debased condition in which we now find the natives of Australia, or some of the Papuan islands. They were not savages-nor is a savage state of existence natural to man; it is not that to which he necessarily and at once descended after the fall; it is not that for which the Almighty destined his species; but, nevertheless, it is a state into which tribes and people have degenerated. At the same time, they are not without the capa

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