1803. On the Dijl\ tfes of D omcjlic Animals, 1^7 



dinner, if he would not refund the half-crown, given for it, which 

 the fle(her was fain to do, and by that menns real houfc la?nh was 

 knockt up in the Edinburgh market forever, for vo body dare call 

 it by that name ever fince. I cannot think Epicurus has been 

 fortunate in liis choice of mutton, as we are not to fuppofe, a 

 fat weather hog to be very delicate eating. He feems to defpifc 

 all kinds of wool but fuch as are fit to be made into broad cloth, 

 though the other articles he mentions, are equally ufefal. I mufl 

 afk Epicurus, Are there no coinforta except bei.ig clothed in broad 

 cloth, and having good mutton ? and wliether he means to fay, 

 th-iL there is no pleafure or enjoyment to be found under a 

 blanket ov ia. petticoat ! I Upon the whole, 1 am at a lofs to know 

 his motive for writing the faid letter. When a man has been 

 fortunate, and rifen to opulence, although it fliouli be by the. 

 moft laudable induilry and good condu^f, it fometimes excites en- 

 vy in little minds. Perhaps he has gained little by mentioning 

 names. Where we fee two,- we are ready to make compari- 

 fons, and when thefe are made, one of the parties generally fuffers. 

 I am, 



Your conflant reader, 



F. 

 Eajl Lothian^ ^th March, 1 803. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



Information requefed concerning the difeafes of domeflic animals^ 



Sir, 



Give me leave, through the channel of your Mag ;zlne, which 

 I underftand is extetifively circulated throu^^h tiie Britilh illes, 

 to requeit information concerning the different disorders of do- 

 meftic animals, p'.^rticularly, accounts of the accidents to which 

 farm live (lock is liable, with a defcription of fuch as may have 

 happened under the obfervation of your correfpondents. When 

 I mention that this information is meant for the alliitance of a gen- 

 tleman who intends to bring forward a regular work upon thefe 

 important matters, 1 trufl that additional reafons will be alto- 

 gether unneceffary. 



I may add, however, that the increafed and increafing value of 

 live flock of all kinds, renders an attention to the fubjed:s point- 

 ed out of increafed importance. If more was known refpedting 

 the anatomy of animals, and if the hiftory of difeafes and the 

 modes of cure ufed in different places were more corredly afcer- 

 T t 3 tainedj 



