IQ4 account of the fat rtimpedjheep. -^ug. 14, 



and dwindled away to the little button we find re- 

 maining, suffocated in a manner by fat, as parts of 

 the human bo*/ have been found decayed and dimi- 

 r.iilied in certain cases of unnatural accumulation of 

 fat*. The doctor likewise says, that the fat which 



* The Editor cannot help regretting that his ingenious correspondent 

 fhould not have thought it necefsary to give Dr Pallas's opinioa 

 at large on tl)is very interesting subject in economics, that has scarce- 

 ly hitherto entered into the views of the Britifh farmer ; and the ob- 

 servations of so well informed a naturalist must have a useful tendency 

 to direct the attention of the farmer to the proper objects of inves- 

 tigation. There can be no doubt but certain kinds of food and modes 

 of treatment have a tendency to augment the size of some parts of 

 the body of animals more than others. A striking exam^o.e of this 

 was given in the mode of feeding geese and ducks given in the Bee, 

 (vol. 12th, p. 68,) where we see that, by a particular mode of mana- 

 gement, the liver can be increased at pleasuse to an enormous size, in 

 proportion to the other parts of the body and this ; quite independent 

 of the breed. Now, is some parts of the body are of more value thaa 

 others, could the farmer, by a due attention to the effects of different 

 kinds offood, and modes of treatment, be able to augment atpleasure the 

 proportional size of the most valuable parts, it would be a discovery of 

 much importance tohim. The exampleabove given, is a clear /jroo/"that 

 thi*is pofsible in certain cases, and ought to stimulate the attention of 

 the philosopher and the farmer, to discover in how many other cases 

 the Sinie thing may be done. To help forward this inquiry, which 

 has yet scarcely had a beginning, the detailed observations ofDr 

 Pallas will be highly acceptable at any futjrc period to the Editor of 

 this Miscellany. 



The attentive reader will hereobscrve, that this inquiry is different 

 from that which the very ingenious Mr Bake well has so happily com- 

 mencedfor attaining the same end. //;.; system consists in effecting the 

 same purpose by means of theirffrf;asby his hypothesis, certain breeds 

 of animals have a tendency to lay more meat on the valuable, than on 

 the coarser parts of the body. An attention to the peculiarities of 

 breed, and offood, at the same time, pvomiics to produce the happi- 

 est effect.' 



