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to the Bois de Boulogne *, with a branch of thehorfe- 

 chefnut in my hand, when I perceived a goat feed- 

 ing. I went up, and amufed myfelf with flroking 

 her. As foon as fhe perceived the horfe chefnut 

 bough, fhe feized, and fnapped it up, inftantly. 

 The lad who tended her told me, that the goats 

 were all very fond of this plant, and that it con- 

 tributed greatly to the increafe of their milk. I 

 perceived, at fome diftance, in the chefnut alley, 

 which leads to the Château de Madrid^ a herd of 

 cows eagerly looking for horfe- chefnuts, which 

 they greedily devoured, without fauce or pickle. 

 Thus, our learned and ingenious fyfliems conceal 

 from us natural truths, with which every peafant 

 is acquainted. 



What a fpedacle do our cabinets of preferved 

 animals prefent ? To no purpofe has the art of a 

 Daiibenion endeavoured to keep up the appearance 

 of life. Let induftry do it's utmofl to preferve 

 the form, their ftifFand motionlefs attitude, their 

 fixed and flaring eyes, their briftly hair, all de- 

 clare that they have been fmitten with the ftroke 

 of death. In fuch a ftate, even beauty itfelf in- 

 fpires horror \ whereas objeds the mofl homely are 

 agreeable, when placed in the fituation which Na- 



* The Bois de Boulogne^ and Chateau de Madrid^ are a wood, 

 and caflle, not many miles from Paris. 



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