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h found to fubfifi: on paftures of a quality not belter 

 than his own; and when he has once found thera, 

 continue with uninterrupted attention to iKieA the 

 beft in all refpe£ls, particularly thofe that thrive beft 

 among them, to breed from. This has been done by 

 Mr. Bakewell, and thofe who have adopted his 

 fyftem, with fuch fuccefs, as not only to eftabliiTi 

 the principle for which I contend beyond a doubt, 

 but alfo to give room for encouraging others to 

 adopt a fimilar plan for improvements in other re- 

 fpe6ls, than thofe that feem, hitherto, to have come 

 within the compafs of his plan, 



^t/j/y. There feems to be no reafon for believing 

 that any one peculiarity we may be in queft of, is 

 neceflarily connecfted with, or dependant upon, any 

 other peculiarity in the animal creation. For ex- 

 ample: The improvers of live ftock in the prefent 

 age hold it out to view, as a general principle, that 

 a facility in fattening is invariably connefted with 

 certain peculiarities in fhape; and of courfe. they 

 conclude, that, wherever thefe peculiarities of fliape 

 are to be found, the talent of fattening will be found 

 alfo, and the reverfe. This, I contend, is a falfe 

 principle, and I venture to fay, that when the fadls 

 lliall come to be thoroughly inveftigated, their con-, 

 clufion will be found to be erroneous; indeed it is 

 in fome degree departed from in pradice already, 

 though in theory the principle is Hill adopted with- 

 out limitation. A few years ago, fliortpefs of leg 



was 



