“‘Just now, in the company of a large number of “well-bred-turkeys”, a “crow” of this country passed by, who although one of the chiefs and of high rank, was yet nevertheless rumpled and badly molting. BTG XXXIV

“‘During recent times, I don’t know why, “high-rank-crows” of this country no longer in general take a single step without these “well-bred-turkeys”; they evidently do this in the hope that maybe, perhaps, the pitiable remains of the feathers would, owing to their being constantly within the powerful radiations of these turkeys, become a little stronger and cease to fall out’. BTG XXXIV