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for. five a feven months. Finally we may fincerely with that the owners 
of venerable woodlands might recard themas principal ornaments of their 
country; and while they clear a part fox the purpotes of agriculture, leave 
thofe hills crowned wiih towering pines, and (lately oals; fuffering like. 
wile the groves of tulip-trees and magnélias to wave among yellow harveits 
and blooming meadows. In fome of the old countries many gentlemen 
would purchafe fuch rural charms at aay expenfe, but muft wait till che 
evening of life for the fhade of their plantations; isit not then deplorable, 
that fo many American farmers daily deftroy what their offspring of better 
taite will deeply regret! this evil might ina great meafure be leflened by 
a treatife on ornamental planting adapted to the prefent circumitances of 
this country. 
Half a century ago, philofophers thought it beneath them to invefti- 
_gate the ceconomy of domeftic animals. By this ridiculous pride Euro- 
pean countries have fuffered much. The Swedith naturalifts were rouf= 
ed near thirty years ago, to a ferious attention, by a peftilence among 
horfes and horned cattle, which deftroyed many thoufands in fome pro- 
vinces. In America, this important fcience has been much neglected. 
Not to enlarge upon a fubjeét which efpecially concerns agricultural fo- 
cieties, I fhall only mention two or three particulars— This country is not 
unfavourable to horfes ; yetthofe of good quality are not very common, 
becaufe the natural hiftory of thefe noble animals is but little cultivated. 
They are often difabled by want of proper care ; and perifh by various 
diforders ; efpecially by fwelling in the throat, cholic, and the botts.* 
Sheep thrive well in fome parts, but in others I have feen them die by 
dozens, without the owners knowing or inquiring into the caufe. 
Horned cattle fuifer much when expofed to the winter’s cold, which 
deftroys their hoofs even under the 39 degree. Both they and horfes 
are affected by excefs of heat in fummer: which not feldom caufes a fever, 
difcernible by their want of appetite, dulinefs, and a yellow tinge of the 
mouth and eyes. The beft European treatifes on domeftic animals will 
more or lefs apply to diverfe parts of this country: a book written on 
fheep, in Swedith, by Haftfer, has great merit, and is applicable to the 
colder ftates. 
Goats would be very valuable in the rocky woodlands of America, as 
they are in thofe of Europe. They are very hardy: their maintenance 
is cheap, as they browfe fummer and winter on moft kinds of trees and 
b 2 fhrubs; 
* Akind of werms that devours their maw, 
