Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

have been found both in Surrey and
Cornwall.
zone metal spur was dug up in
Southwark, and pair in an old Roman
wall in the latter county, besides 9TH
ers that unfortunately were not pre-
served or sufficiently noted.
"That these same ancients were not
acquainted with the turkey goes far to
settle the somewhat disputed question
whether the turkey is native of this
country or not, being now taken for
granted by al aturalists and histori-
ans that the new world was its birth
place, and from there was introduced
into the old world.
"In the year 1884 wild turkeys were
found in Virginia, and Rene de Lau-
donniere found them on his landing in
North America in 1864. Fernandez also
reckons them among the birds of Mex
leo: and takes notice of the difference
between those that were wild and those
which had been tanned. Pedro de Clesa
saw them on the isthmus of Darien,
and Dampier in Yucatan; besides the
testimony of many other travellers,
which is hardly worth while noting,
shows the early date of its domestica-
tion.
"The earliest account of them In Italy
is contained in an ordinance issued by
repressing luxury, and in which those
tables at which they were allowed are
particularized. About the year 1870
Bartolomeo Scappi, cook to Pope Plus
v, gave in his book on cookery several
recipes for dressing these expensive and
much esteemed fowls.
"That they were scarce at this period
appears from its being remarked that
the first turkeys brought to Bologna
orfu q q
present to the family of Buonocom-
pagni. from which Gregory XII, who at
this time filled the papal chair, was
descended.
"That these fowls we're not known in
England in the beginning of the six
teenth century is very probable, as they
are not mentioned in the particular de-
scription of a grand entertainment CIV
en- by Archbishop Nevil, nor in the reg
ulations made by Henry VIII regarding
his household, in which all fowls used
in the royal kitchen are named.
"rhey were, however, introduced Into
that country about the above period;
some say in the year 1924, others in $780,
and some in 1882.
1--WE know, at any rate, they were
served up at a great banquet in 1855,
and about 1856 they were commonly
reckoned among the number of delicate
dishes; and we have the following from
Tussers Five Hundred Points of Hus-
bandry,' published at that date.
"'Beefe, mutton and porke, shred pies
of the best,
Pig, Veale goose and capon and turkey
we'll dressed;
Cheese, apples and nuts, jolie carols to
heare,
AS then in the countrie, is counted
good cheare.'
"There was another edition of Tusser
published in 1857, but no mention Is
made there of the turkey, so it is posi-
tiVely sure that some time between
these two dates the turkey was intro
duced into England from the colonies.
According to the account Of some
writer's, turkeys must have been known
earlier in France: but on strict ex-
animation no proof of this can be
found. The earliest period assigned for
their introduction into that country is
given by Beguillet, who confidently as
serts that they were brought to Dijon
under the reign of Philip the Bold,
about the year 1885.
"Had this French author quoted his
authority, we might have discovered
what gave rise to his mistake; but as
he does not, one cannot but help to
think that the whole account is a fic-
tion of his own, which was not a very
strange proceeding in those times.
DE la Mar also is in error when he
relates that the first turkeys in France
were those which Jaques Caur, the we'll
known treasurer to Charles VII,
brought with him from the Levant, and
kept on his estates in Gatinois, after he
had received the kings permission to