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skeletons is the cod-fish. I could not afford to have even 

 rabbits ; but I could aflbrd to have cod-fish, which the fisher- 

 men give me when they smell too high. The plan I haA'e 

 laid out is so expensive that I have to resort to those means 

 in order to make a beginning in any way ; and as your do- 

 mesticated animals will die, and when they are dead they are 

 a nuisance to you, of which you want to get rid, I beg you to 

 send them to me ; I will take good care of them, and I will 

 put them up with your names upon them, if you will send me 

 trustworthy pedigrees with them ; and I will go on until 

 thousands are collected, which will furnish data for real 

 knowledge, and not guess-work. 



Mr. Ward, of Bridge water. In regard to the horse disease, 

 I have one fact which I thought I would state, because it has 

 been stated that old horses were less liable to the disease than 

 young horses. I have a horse, perhaps fifteen or sixteen 

 years old, with a colt a year and a half old, in the next stall 

 by his side. The old horse has been attacked, and the colt, 

 so far, has been free from the disease. My horse was at- 

 tacked about ten days ago, having been exposed to the dis- 

 ease for a long time, being driven every day ; but for the last 

 ten days, probably, before he was attacked, he was entirely 

 free from any contact with any other horses. 



It has been stated that sick horses have been fed with ap- 

 ples, potatoes, gin and cider. One of my friends had two 

 horses taken sick, and he intended to steam them with vineo-ar. 

 He lived about eight miles from Boston, and when he went 

 into the city in the morning, he told his man to have the vinegar 

 and two hot bricks ready when he came out, at a certain time, 

 and he would then be ready to oversee the steaming. It so 

 happened that he was unable to take the train he intended, and 

 did not arrive at home until half an hour after the time set. 

 He then went to the barn to attend to the steaming, and 

 found that his man had got everything ready, but the vinegar 

 was not so hot as to prevent the horse, when it was put to 

 his nose, from drinking it up. I suppose that horses in a 

 state of health would not drink an acid article of that kind, 

 and in the state in which they were, it seemed very strange that 

 they should drink vinegar ; and I mention the fact, thinking 

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