Beeton's book of poultry and domestic animals - Thurman Lodge ...

SULTANS,
kmg clogged tail hanging round on one side. I wrote directly
for another importation, especially for a cock, and to ask the
name they had at home In answer to the first request, I
found that good fowls of the kind are difficult to get there
our friends have ever since been trying to get us two or three
more, but cannot succeed either in Constantinople, or other
parts of Turkey : the first he can meet with will be sent.
With regard to the name, he told us they are called ' Sarai-
Taook.' Serai, as is known by every reader of eastern lore, is
the name of the Sultan's palace ; Taook is Turkish for fowl
the simplest translation of this is, ' Sultan's fowls,' or ' fowls
of the Sultan;' a name which has the double advantage of
being the nearest to be found to that by which they have been
known in their own country, and of designating
from which they came.
the country
" Time very soon restored the fowls to perfect health and
partial cleanliness ; but it was not until after the moultingseason
that they showed themselves as the ielUssirm galU
hiancM described by our Constantinople friend.
" They rather resemble our white Folands, but with more
famishing, and shorter legs, which are vulture-hocked, and
feathered to the toes.
" In general habits, they are brisk, and happy-tempered
but not kept in so easily as Cochin-Chinas. They are very
good layers; their eggs are large and white: they are nonsitters,
and small eaters. A grass run with them will remain
green long after the crop would have been cleared by either
Brahmas or Cochins; and, with scattered food, they soon
become satisfied, and walk away."
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