442 Mr. White on the Natural Hifory of the Cow. 
On the Natural History of the Cow, fo far as 
it relates to its giving Milk, -particularly for the 
Use of Man. By C. White, Efq. F. R. S. 
&c. Read March 12, 1783. 
T^JATURALISTS Teem to lay it down as a 
general principle, that neither animals, nor 
parts of animals, are primarily intended for the 
ufe of man, but are only capable of a fecondary 
application to his purpofes. Itmuft, however, 
be allowed that, in many inftances, the fecon¬ 
dary ufe is fo manifeit and important, that it 
cannot, with propriety, be excluded from the 
original defigns of the all wife Creator. And it 
appears to me, that the Cow in its faculty, of 
giving in fuch abundance, and with fo much 
eafe, its Milk, which forms fo excellent an arti¬ 
cle of aliment for the human fpecies, is a ftriking 
example of this fubordination to the ii.terefts of 
mankind. For this animal differs in fome parts 
of its organisation from moft others, having a 
larger and more capacious udder, and longer 
and thicker teats, than the largeft animal we 
know; and (he has four teats, whilfl all other 
animals of the fame nature, have but two. 
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