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the bad passions which spring up in ignorant 

 and depraved minds arc here sret afioat. The 

 torments and blood of the suffering beast are 

 purchased by money of his unfeeling master ; 

 and the owners of the dogs are not more gra- 

 tified in gaining their sanguinary wagers, than 

 in applauding the savage ferocity displayed by 

 these animals. We cannot often appeal to the 

 annals of bull-baiting ; — but if they were regu- 

 larly laid open, it is probable that many in- 

 stances of a similar kind to the following might 

 be held up as a lessoii to the abettors of such 

 diversions. — * •" Some years ago at a bull- 

 baiting in the North, a young man, confident 

 of the courage of his dog, laid some trifling 

 wager, :that he would at separate times cut off 

 all the four feet of his dog, and that after every 

 amputation he would attack the bull. The 

 cruel experiment was tried, and with success." 

 Such detestable barbarity can only be exceeded 

 by the following recital extracted from the 

 public prints of 1799. At a bull-baiting in 

 Staffordshire, after the animal had been baited 

 by single dogs, he was attacked by numbers let 

 loose at at once upon him. — Having escaped 

 from his tormentors, they again fastened him 

 to the ring ; and with a view, either of gra- 



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