Excerpt from British Land Birds<br><br>The domestic fowl is of Indian origin. Our original breed has multiplied into numerous varieties, and great, indeed, is the extent to which the passion for rearing them has been carried, as has been seen in the exhibitions of the cochin-china and other breeds. At what period; or how, the fowl was introduced into the British isles, it is now impossible to ascertain; but it must have been very early, since it, was among the things forbidden by the Druids as food.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.