Excerpt from The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, 1845, Vol. 1 A brisk young cock, in company with two or three pullets, raking upon a dunghill (sic in origin) for something to entertain them. Hap pened to scratch up a jewel. He knew what it was well enough, for it sparkled with an exceeding bright lustre; but, not knowing what to do with it, he endeavoured to cover his ignorance under a gay cou tempt; so shrugging up his wings, shaking his head, and putting on a grimace, he expressed himself to this purpose 'indeed, you are a very fine thing, but I know not any business you have here. 1 make no scruple of declaring that my taste lies quite another way, and I had rather have one grain of dear, delicious barley, than all the jewels under the sun.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.